Article
Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype and renal allograft survival.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Aug 1997
Beige J, Scherer S, Weber A, Engeli S, Offermann G, Opelz G, Distler A, Sharma A M
Abstract excerpt
Increased activity of the renin-angiotensin system has been implicated in decreased, long-term survival of renal allografts. Recent studies suggest that a deletion variant of the angiotensin-converting enzyme, associated with increased humoral and tissue activity of this enzyme, is a risk factor...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Graft Survival
- Humans
- Kidney Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
- Prospective Studies
- Renin-Angiotensin System
- Sequence Deletion
