Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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macrophage | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
monocyte | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Homo sapiens | angiotensin II significantly increases ACAT1 protein expression in a time- or concentration-dependent manner. Application of angiotensin II type 1 receptor agonist L162313, but not angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonist CGP42112A, mimicks the effects of angiotensin II treatment in inducing ACAT1 protein expression. ACAT activity and ACAT1 mRNA levels are also significantly increased by angiotensin II. Two-fold increases in ACAT1 protein expression and ACAT activity with angiotensin II treatment are completely inhibited by angiotensin type I receptor antagonists candesartan, [Sar(1),Ile(8)]-angiotensin II | up |