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Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and vascular manifestations in Korean patients with SLE.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2002
Uhm W S, Lee H S, Chung Y H, Kim T H, Bae S C, Joo K B, Kim T Y, Yoo D H
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory multisystem disease of unknown etiology with immunologic aberrations. Many studies have shown that genetic and environmental factors are implicated in the development of SLE. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) affects various immune phenomena through the renin-angiotensin and kallikrein-kininogen systems by creating angiotensin II and inactivating bradykinin....
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