Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis, western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry were used to quantify renin, ACE, angiotensin type 1 and type 2 receptors, VEGF and MMP-13 in OA and RA.
Primary prevention of myocardial infarction with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in hypertensive patients with rheumatoid arthritis-A nationwide cohort study.
As a result of our study, angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism DD genotype could be a genetic marker in rheumatoid arthritis in the Turkish study population.
Association analysis of TNFR2, VDR, A2M, GSTT1, GSTM1, and ACE genes with rheumatoid arthritis in South Asians and Caucasians of East Midlands in the United Kingdom.