Chronic and acute respiratory diseases pose a major problem for public health worldwide
due to the high morbidity and mortality rates, while treatment options remain mostly …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disorder that primarily affects
the lungs and is characterized not only by local pulmonary, but also by systemic …

Background Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) genotypes are known to be associated
with development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and resultant mortality. In …

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are common in people with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and their presence is associated with an increased …

Background and Aims: The relationship between the promoter polymorphism (− 308G/A) of
the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene and the susceptibility to asthma has been …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered related to chronic
systemic inflammation. Renin angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitor, exerting an anti …

Background: With interest in personalised health care growing, so is interest in personal
genetic testing. This is now offered direct-to-consumer, thereby referred to as direct-to …

Objectives: We conducted a meta-analysis of published studies on the angiotensin-
converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism associated with the …

Objective. This study aims to establish the role of insertion-deletion polymorphism of the
angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in development of arterial hypertension in patients …

This research aimed to explore the ACE (insertion/deletion) gene association as key factor
for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development in north Indian population …