Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and diabetic retinopathy in the Chinese population | Zendy

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Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and diabetic retinopathy in the Chinese population

Author(s) -

Yan Lu,

Yirui Ge,

Qinrui Hu,

Yuhua Shi,

Chunyan Xue,

Yao Shi,

Suihua Chen,

Zhenping Huang

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1752-8976

pISSN - 1470-3203

DOI - 10.1177/1470320311432187

Subject(s) - diabetic retinopathy , angiotensin converting enzyme , gene , polymorphism (computer science) , genetics , medicine , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , genotype , biology , blood pressure

The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been implicated in the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). However, the results have been conflicting. In this study, we performed a meta-analysis to assess the association of insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the ACE gene with DR in the Chinese population.

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