Tissue levels, tissue angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and antihypertensive effect of the novel antihypertensive agent alacepril in renal hypertensive rats.
We have found no evidence to support linkage between the ACE locus and hypertension, which suggests that mutations at the ACE locus do not commonly contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension in our test population.
Diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and alpha 1-antagonists are first-choice drugs in the management of hypertension.
All but one of the hypertensive subjects had at least one of the hypertension-associated alleles, and although subjects homozygous for both were three times more frequent in the hypertensive group, examination of the nine possible genotypes suggested that the INSR and DCP1 alleles are independent markers for hypertension.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Mathematical predictions based on DCP1 association data suggest that high sib-pair numbers may be needed to achieve statistical significance by this approach, although differences in the severity of hypertension in different study groups could account for the disparate findings.3.
ACE is responsible for the generation of angiotensin II, which is implicated in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy, an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in hypertension.
These findings raise the possibility that in some patient subgroups, sequence variation in or near the ACE gene may contribute to the risk for hypertension.
The angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) is a key component of the renin-angiotensin system thought to be important in the pathogenesis of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Our findings suggest that variation at the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene locus is one of the factors involved in the predisposition of diabetic patients to the development of arterial disease and hypertension.
Genetic linkage of the ACE gene to plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme activity but not to blood pressure. A quantitative trait locus confers identical complex phenotypes in human and rat hypertension.
There have been reports linking a homozygous deletion allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene (DD) with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, and some variants of the angiotensinogen gene with an increased risk of hypertension.
Exciting new discoveries concerned with polymorphisms of genes coding for angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotensinogen suggest that Ang II may be genetically associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction, hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
Because ACE polymorphism modulates local production of angiotensin II, a powerful coronary vasoconstrictor, it may influence left ventricular mass in general as well as in coexisting disease states such as hypertension and cardiomyopathy.
Alterations in the expression or action of these components, which include angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensinogen, and angiotensin II type-1 receptors, may contribute to the development of disease, such as hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and end-stage heart failure.