Expression of testicular angiotensin-converting enzyme in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Recent studies demonstrated that one isoform of angiotensin-converting enzyme named testicular or germinal (tACE) is localized in postmeiotic male germ cells and is essential for fertilizing ability of spermatozoa. Hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) is androgen-dependent and reduc...

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Main Authors: Genka Krasteva, Yordanka Bratchkova, Emilia Lakova, Nina Atanassova, Miroslav Donchev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2009-05-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4374