ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022
Oral Lisinopril Raises Tissue Levels of ACE2, the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, in Healthy Male and Female Mice.
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- Activation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Mitigates Gastrointestinal Acute Radiation Syndrome.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026Article
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and/or Angiotensin Receptor Blockade Modulate Cytokine Profiles and Improve Clinical Outcomes in Experimental COVID-19 Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Kidney organoids reveal redundancy in viral entry pathways during ACE2-dependent SARS-CoV-2 infection.Journal of virology · 2024Article
- Lisinopril increases lung ACE2 levels and SARS-CoV-2 viral load and decreases inflammation but not disease severity in experimental COVID-19.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Determinants of Post-COVID-19 Conditions among SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- I've looked at gut from both sides now: Gastrointestinal tract involvement in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV/SIV infections.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the established cellular receptor for SARS-CoV-2. However, it is unclear whether ACE1 inhibitors (e.g., lisinopril) or angiotensin receptor blockers (e.g., losartan) alter tissue ACE2 expression. This study sought to determine whether lisinopril or losartan, as monotherapies or in combination, changes tissue levels of ACE2 in healthy male and female mice. Mice received lisinopril (10 mg/kg/day), losartan (10 mg/kg/day), or both for 21 days via drinking water. A control group received water without drug. The ACE2 protein index (ACE2 protein/total protein) was determined on the small intestine, lung, kidney, and brain. Oral lisinopril increased the ACE2 protein index across all tissues (
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