Article
Synergistic effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-II type 1 receptor gene polymorphisms on risk of myocardial infarction.
Lancet (London, England) - 1 Oct 1994
Tiret L, Bonnardeaux A, Poirier O, Ricard S, Marques-Vidal P, Evans A, Arveiler D, Luc G, Kee F, Ducimetière P
Abstract excerpt
We reported from our previous multicentre case-control study that the deletion (D) polymorphism of the gene encoding angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) was associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction. The main function of ACE is to convert angiotensin I into angiotensin II, which exe...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocardial Infarction
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Angiotensin
- Risk Factors
