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Serum angiotensin I-converting enzyme is reduced in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis irrespective of genotype.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2001
Matsuda T, Suzuki J, Furuya K, Masutani M, Kawakami Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Crohn's disease (CD) is recognized to be a vascular endothelial-associated disease. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) exists mainly in endothelial cells. There are some reports on serum ACE levels in patients with CD, but the ACE level is still controversial. Recently, genetic control of serum ACE levels by ACE gene polymorphisms (classified as II, ID, and DD) has been suggested. Although we must...
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