AureIien
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Upregulated ACE due to inhibition by the virus at ACE2 causes a multitude of detrimental effects, including hypertension, inflammation, vasoconstriction, hyglycemia, diabetes, blood coagulation, hyperaldosterone, end organ damage, autoimmune tendency.
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@newyorker1213
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AGT II receptors on human platelets
https://ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/01.RES.51.3.314
‘We conclude that human platelets possess angiotensin
receptors whose binding characteristics and modulation by dietary sodium resemble the properties
of the receptors on “classical” animal angiotensin target tissues.’