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The blood-bathed organ technique has been used to demonstrate that angiotensin I is converted to angiotensin II in the lungs, but not in other vascular beds. The results do not support hypotheses which suggest a completely intra-renal role for the renin–angiotensin system.
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NG, K., VANE, J. Fate of Angiotensin I in the Circulation. Nature 218, 144–150 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218144a0
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