Coronary heart disease, hypertension, and angiotensinogen gene variants in indian opulation

KG Nair, KK Shalia, TF Ashavaid… - Journal of clinical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Gene encoding components of the renin angiotensin system (RAS) have been implicated
with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Two variants of the …

Candidate gene polymorphisms of renin angiotensin system and essential hypertension in a South Indian Tamilian population

P Ramu, G Umamaheswaran… - … journal of human …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Genetic variants of renin angiotensin system (RAS) gene play a significant role in the
pathogenesis of essential hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study …

Renin–angiotensin system gene polymorphisms among Saudi patients with coronary artery disease

A Al-Hazzani, MS Daoud, FS Ataya, D Fouad… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - Springer
Background The polymorphisms in the components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS)
are important in the development and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) in some …

ACE and AT1R gene polymorphisms and hypertension in Indian population

TF Ashavaid, KK Shalia, KG Nair… - Journal of Clinical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The renin angiotensin system (RAS) controls intrarenal blood pressure and sodium balance,
and is an important target for antihypertensive therapy. Several polymorphisms have been …

Association between angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and hypertension in selected individuals of the Bangladeshi population

M Morshed, H Khan, S Akhteruzzaman - BMB Reports, 2002 - koreascience.kr
The genetic factors that contribute to the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) are
poorly understood. It is likely that multiple genes that act independently or synergistically …

Angiotensin converting enzyme I/D, angiotensinogen T174M-M235T and angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C gene polymorphisms in Turkish hypertensive patients

B Agachan, T Isbir, H Yilmaz, E Akoglu - Experimental & molecular …, 2003 - nature.com
Essential hypertension is a multifactorial disease in which genetic and enviromental factors
play an important role. These factors differ in each population. As there are no existing data …

Angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism and its association with hypertension in South Indian population

I Choudhury, R Jothimalar, AK Patra - Indian Journal of Clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Hypertension, a well known risk factor for various cardiovascular, peripheral vascular and
renal events is an important public health challenge. Renin angiotensin system (RAS) being …

Lack of association between renin-angiotensin system (RAS) polymorphisms and hypertension in Tunisian type 2 diabetics.

I Arfa, S Nouira, A Abid, MM Zorgati, D Malouche… - La tunisie …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Background The genes encoding renin-angiotensin system (RAS) components are potent
candidate genes in both hypertension and diabetes namely ACE encoding the angiotensin …

Contribution of angiotensin I converting enzyme gene polymorphism and angiotensinogen gene polymorphism to blood pressure regulation in essential hypertension

UF Mondorf, A Russ, A Wiesemann… - American journal of …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is involved in the pathogenesis of essential
hypertension. In the present study we examined the genotype frequencies of the …

Association study between some renin-angiotensin system gene variants and essential hypertension in a sample of Algerian population: case control study.

A Amrani, B Hamed - Annales de Biologie Clinique, 2015 - europepmc.org
Essential hypertension is an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular
disease. We aim in this study to analyse the relationship between AGT M235T gene variant …