Article
Association of angiotensinogen gene T235 variant with increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Lancet (London, England) - 24 Jun 1995
Katsuya T, Koike G, Yee T W, Sharpe N, Jackson R, Norton R, Horiuchi M, Pratt R E, Dzau V J, MacMahon S
Abstract excerpt
Several genes, including some encoding components of the renin angiotensin system, are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. There have been reports linking a homozygous deletion allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene (DD) with an increased risk of myocardial infarc...
Topics
- Alleles
- Angiotensinogen
- Base Sequence
- Coronary Disease
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Risk Factors