ANG and acute respiratory distress syndrome: Ang-(1-7) treatment improved arterial oxygenation, decreased inflammatory response, and reduced collagen deposition in the lungs of murine ARDS models (Chen et al., 2013; Zambelli et al., 2015) suggesting that the inhibitory effect of Ang-(1-7) in the recruitment of inflammatory cells observed in the acute phase may be related to the reduction in fibrosis in the later phase.