Deletion/insertion polymorphism in the angiotension -- converting enzyme gene as a risk factor in the Slovenian patients with coronary heart disease

The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays by degradation of angiotensin I and bradykinin, an important role in modulations of smooth muscle proliferation and vascular tone. Typical plasma levels of ACE accompany the I/D polymorphism; however, a controversy exists as to whether the DD genotype of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pflügers Archiv 2000-07, Vol.439 (7), p.R40
Hauptverfasser: Peterlin, Borut, Petrovic, Daniel, Zorc, Metka, Keber, Irena
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Sprache:eng
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