The prevalence and role of functional autoantibodies to angiotensin-converting-enzyme-2 in patients with systemic sclerosis

• Main Authors: Bartosz Miziołek (Author), Marcin Sieńczyk (Author), Renata Grzywa (Author), Agnieszka Łupicka-Słowik (Author), Eugeniusz Kucharz (Author), Przemysław Kotyla (Author), Beata Bergler-Czop (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease caused by the imbalance between the activity of angiotensin II and angiotensin-(1-7). Their balance should be controlled by angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which degrades angiotensin II into angiotensin-(1-7). Previously, autoant...