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Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin II type I receptor gene polymorphisms with extreme obesity in Polish individuals.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2013
Pacholczyk Marta, Ferenc Tomasz, Kowalski Jan, Adamczyk Przemysław, Chojnowski Jacek, Ponikowska Irena
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There is strong evidence for the presence of a functional renin-angiotensin system in human adipose tissue. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of polymorphic variants of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE I/D) and angiotensin II type I receptor gene (AGTR1 A1166C) with extreme obesity and obesity-associated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to examine their combined effect on extremely...
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