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An insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme gene is associated with both brain substance P contents and affective disorders.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Dec 1996
Arinami T, Li L, Mitsushio H, Itokawa M, Hamaguchi H, Toru M
Abstract excerpt
Because of a potent action of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) to degrade substance P (SP) and an association of the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the ACE gene with ACE activity, an association between the SP level and the ACE I/D polymorphism were examined using 20 human postmortem...
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