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Endothelin-converting enzyme 2

Known as: Endothelin Converting Enzyme 2, Endothelin Converting Metalloprotease 2, Endothelin-Converting Metalloprotease 2 
An integral membrane metalloendodpeptidase which converts BIG ENDOTHELIN to ENDOTHELIN-1 through hydrolysis of the TRYPTOPHAN (21)-VALINE (22) bond… 
National Institutes of Health

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Endothelin-Converting Enzymes

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Increase of disintergin metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Purification and properties of a keratinolytic metalloprotease from Microbacterium sp.
Aims:  This study was developed to purify and to characterize a keratinolytic protease from the bacterium Microbacterium sp… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Pathogenesis of portal hypertensive gastropathy: a clinical and experimental review.
Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) is recognized as a clinical entity in portal hypertension, but the pathogenesis of PHG is… 
1999
1999
Cyclic Expression of Endothelin-converting Enzyme-1 Mediates the Functional Regulation of Seminiferous Tubule Contraction
The potent smooth muscle agonist endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the local control of seminiferous tubule contractility, which… 
1996
1996
Metallopeptidase inhibitors induce an up-regulation of endothelin-converting enzyme levels and its redistribution from the plasma membrane to an intracellular compartment.
Endothelin-converting enzyme is a phosphoramidon-sensitive membrane metallopeptidase that catalyses the final step in… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
17 beta-estradiol stimulates prostacyclin, but not endothelin-1, production in human vascular endothelial cells.
The exact mechanisms by which estrogens protect against occlusive vascular disorders are not known. One possibility could be an… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Coupling of endothelin B receptors to the calcium pump and phospholipase C via Gs and Gq in rat liver.
1994
1994
Cloning and expression in Bacillus subtilis of the npr gene from Bacillus thermoproteolyticus Rokko coding for the thermostable metalloprotease thermolysin.
We report the isolation, cloning and expression, in Bacillus subtilis, of the gene coding for thermolysin, a thermostable… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive-endothelin in patients with chronic renal failure treated with recombinant human erythropoietin.
1. Elevation of blood pressure is one of the major side effects of recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in haemodialysis… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Detection of immunoreactive endothelin in plasma of hemodialysis patients
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