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Expression of Concern to: The role of ACE2, angiotensin-(1–7) and Mas1 receptor axis in glucocorticoid-induced intrauterine growth restriction
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology volume 18, Article number: 53 (2020)
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Expression of Concern to: Reprod Biol Endocrinol 15, 97 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-017-0316-8
The Editors-in-Chiefare issuing an Expression of Concern for this article [1]. After publication concerns were raised with respect to the specificity and validity of the placental Ang-(1–7) levels assessed by Western blotting and reported in Fig. 4 because Ang-(1–7), which is less than 1 kDa, was detected as a 34 kDa protein. All authors disagree with this Expression of Concern.
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Ghadhanfar E, Alsalem A, Al-Kandari S, et al. The role of ACE2, angiotensin-(1–7) and Mas1 receptor axis in glucocorticoid-induced intrauterine growth restriction. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2017;15:97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-017-0316-8.
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Ghadhanfar, E., Alsalem, A., Al-Kandari, S. et al. Expression of Concern to: The role of ACE2, angiotensin-(1–7) and Mas1 receptor axis in glucocorticoid-induced intrauterine growth restriction. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 18, 53 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-020-00609-9
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