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 …

A genetic contribution to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is well
established. However, the specific genes responsible for enhanced risk or host differences …

The elderly and patients with several comorbidities experience more severe cases of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than healthy patients without underlying medical …

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

Purpose Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene I/D polymorphism has been studied in
relation to the susceptibility to COPD and COPD with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with …

Background Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) includes primary
inflammatory events, multiple vascular reactions, remodeling of bronchial and vascular …

Results: In the generalized linear model (GLZ) analysis of the influence of selected factors
on presence of COPD we found a significant independent effect for male sex (repeatedly …

The relationship between polymorphism of the angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) gene
and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been examined in many previous …

INTRODUCTION: Acute Lung Injury (ALI) with genetic predisposition is fatal. Relationship
between angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (ACE I/D) polymorphism and the …

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