ReviewPeptides2022
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2): Two decades of revelations and re-evaluation.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- ACE2-like Catalytic Activity in Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Monoclonal Antibodies.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Allosteric Interactions of Flavonoids with ACE2 and Potential Implications for COVID-19: Computational Insights, Metabolic and Mitochondrial Effects of Rutin in A549 Cells.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Article
- Incident Heart Failure Risk Following COVID-19 Recovery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Targeting virus-interacting host ion channels as a novel antiviral strategy.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Review
- Risk for COVID-19 Vulnerability in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Assessing Alterations in ACE2 and TMPRSS2.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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- Docking heparan sulfate-based ligands as a promising inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2.Journal of molecular modeling · 2024Article
- Rabbit and Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2: Structure and Electric Properties.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Epigenetic Regulation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- The possible mechanism and research progress of ACE2 involved in cardiovascular injury caused by COVID-19: a review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- New Insights into the Link between SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Renal Cancer.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Phenome-wide association study and precision medicine of cardiovascular diseases in the post-COVID-19 era.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2023Review
- The evolution of small molecule enzyme activators.RSC medicinal chemistry · 2023Review
- Live to die another day: novel insights may explain the pathophysiology behind smoker's paradox in SARS-CoV-2 infection.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2023Review
- Whole Genome Sequencing Revealed Inherited Rare Oligogenic Variants Contributing to Schizophrenia and Major Depressive Disorder in Two Families.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Regulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system by cyclic nucleotides and phosphodiesterases.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Hypertension: A Systemic Analysis of Various ACE Inhibitors, Their Side Effects, and Bioactive Peptides as a Putative Therapy for Hypertension.Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS · 2023Review
- A Closer Look at ACE2 Signaling Pathway and Processing during COVID-19 Infection: Identifying Possible Targets.Vaccines · 2022Review
- Phosphinic Peptides as Tool Compounds for the Study of Pharmacologically Relevant Zn-Metalloproteases.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2022Review
- Protective neutralizing epitopes in SARS-CoV-2.Immunological reviews · 2022Review
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Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2, or ACE2, is primarily a zinc-dependent peptidase and ectoenzyme expressed in numerous cell types and functioning as a counterbalance to ACE in the renin-angiotensin system. It was discovered 21 years ago more than 40 years after the discovery of ACE itself. Its primary physiological activity is believed to be in the conversion of angiotensin II to the vasodilatory angiotensin-(1-7) acting through the Mas receptor. As such it has been implicated in numerous pathological conditions, largely in a protective mode which has led to the search for ACE2 activatory mechanisms. ACE2 has a diverse substrate specificity allowing its participation in multiple peptide pathways. It also regulates aspects of amino acid transport through its homology with a membrane protein, collectrin. It also serves as a viral receptor for the SARS virus, and subsequently SARS-CoV2, driving the current COVID-19 pandemic. ACE2 therefore provides a therapeutic target for the treatment of COVID and understanding the biological events following viral binding can provide insight into the multiple pathologies caused by the virus, particularly inflammatory and vascular. In part this may relate to the ability of ACE2, like ACE, to be shed from the cell membrane. The shed form of ACE2 (sACE2) may be a factor in determining susceptibility to certain COVID pathologies. Hence, for just over 20 years, ACE2 has provided numerous surprises in the field of vasoactive peptides with, no doubt, more to come but it is its central role in COVID pathology that is producing the current intense interest in its biology.
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