Enhanced pressor response to angiotensin I in normotensive men with the deletion genotype (DD) for angiotensin-converting enzyme.

doi:10.1161/01.hyp.25.6.1266

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Enhanced pressor response to angiotensin I in normotensive men with the deletion genotype (DD) for angiotensin-converting enzyme.

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Jun 1995

Ueda S, Elliott H L, Morton J J, Connell J M

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The insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme gene has emerged as a genetic risk factor for ischemic heart disease. However, the functional consequences of this polymorphism in humans are not known. Ten normotensive men with the DD genotype and 10 with the...

Topics

Adult
Aldosterone
Angiotensin I
Angiotensin II
Base Sequence
Blood Pressure
Genotype
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Renin

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