ACE, angiotensin I converting enzyme, 1636

N. diseases: 1082; N. variants: 82
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and development of diabetic nephropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 7477652 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE It has been recently reported that in type 1 diabetes the insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene is associated with the presence of diabetic nephropathy. 7485124 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin-I-converting enzyme gene is associated with coronary heart disease in IDDM patients with diabetic nephropathy. 7556981 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lack of relationship between an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene and diabetic nephropathy and proliferative retinopathy in IDDM patients. 7729604 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of ACE gene polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy? The Diabetic Nephropathy Study Group. 7783416 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Gene polymorphism for angiotensin converting enzyme is not linked to the development of microalbuminuria or established diabetic nephropathy. 7819935 1994
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy. Evidence for a role of the angiotensin I--converting enzyme gene. 7909524 1994
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic predisposition to diabetic nephropathy. Evidence for a role of the angiotensin I--converting enzyme gene. 7909524 1994
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The II genotype of ACE gene is a marker for reduced risk for diabetic nephropathy. 8314010 1994
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Studies have shown an association of diabetic nephropathy and ischaemic heart disease with angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism in subjects with diabetes. 8582133 1995
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These results suggested that ACE I/D polymorphism, but not AGN M235T polymorphism, is a possible genetic risk factor for diabetic nephropathy in Japanese NIDDM patients. 8596493 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The relationship between diabetic nephropathy and an insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism in intron 16 of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is still under debate. 8720609 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE ACE gene polymorphism which could be linked to intrarenal circulatory disturbance may be associated with the initiation and progression of diabetic nephropathy. 8761013 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effect of deletion polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme gene on progression of diabetic nephropathy during inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme: observational follow up study. 8806248 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We studied the relationship between the ACE gene polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy in Korean IDDM patients. 8854649 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have examined the angiotensin converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and angiotensinogen methionine 235 threonine polymorphism in a large cohort of Caucasian patients with IDDM and diabetic nephropathy. 8877296 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Angiotensinogen was selected because of the putative link between it and mild to moderate essential hypertension and nephrosclerosis; angiotensin-converting enzyme because of its possible contribution to diabetic nephropathy; and renin, the angiotensin II receptor, and kallikrein because of their roles in hypertension and renal perfusion. 8989734 1996
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These results suggest that: (1) the ACE gene I/D polymorphism influences glomerular filtration and renal plasma flow rates in patients with early uncomplicated IDDM; and (2) differences in renal hemodynamic function do not appear to explain the protection against the development of diabetic nephropathy offered by the I allele. 8995725 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, these results suggest that the ACE locus may be associated with longevity and survival in patients with type I diabetes rather than diabetic nephropathy or microvascular disease per se. 9025006 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Allelic frequencies of the ACE-D and AGT-235T alleles were similar between patients with and without nephropathy in either type of diabetes, and accordingly, there was no significant association between diabetic nephropathy and the ACE or AGT genotype. 9049480 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The role of the insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene in the genesis of diabetic nephropathy has been controversial. 9075119 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE As the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system might also be activated in this setting, we determined the ACE genotype together with other risk factors for the development of diabetic nephropathy in 122 patients with IDDM from a single centre with (n = 63) and without (n = 59) nephropathy. 9084972 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The D allele, which is associated with higher plasma ACE levels, and the level of ACE in plasma, were found in case control studies to be associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, an increased risk of diabetic nephropathy in type I diabetic patients, and a faster rate of renal function degradation in glomerular diseases. 9247746 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Whether only ACE inhibitors have such beneficial renal effects on diabetic nephropathy is under discussion. 9257079 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Angiotensin I-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Lack of relationship with diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy in a Caucasian Mediterranean population. 9258285 1997