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Aminopeptidase A (ENPEP) gene polymorphisms and preeclampsia: Descriptive analysis.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology - 1 Mar 2021
Aung M, Konoshita T, Moodley J, Naicker T, Connolly C, Khaliq O P, Gathiram P
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OBJECTIVE: The etiology of preeclampsia (PE) remains elusive. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of genetic variants associated with blood pressure variations in east Asians. One of the genetic variants is the aminopeptidase A (ENPEP) gene, which converts angiotensin II to angiotensin III. The C allele of rs6825911 is a risk for hypertension. The current study investigated whether...
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