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by snapetom 2291 days ago
Thank you very much for the info and taking a look at it!
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basically ACE2 is a regulator that converts between angiotensin II <--> angiotensin 1,7

these have opposite effects , angiotensin II is a vaso-constrictor, thus increases blood pressure.

angoitensin 1,7 is a vaso-dialator, thus decreases blood pressure. so there is an equilibrium state of the two established by ACE2. this is something that ACE inhibitors or ARB blockers dont directly influence.