Angiotensin I-converting enzyme is expressed by erythropoietic cells of normal and myeloproliferative bone marrow

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis

Angiotensin I converting enzyme.

• Interest in particular biologically active substances waxes and wanes. Investigators rush into a newly opened field, solve a few problems, and frequently raise more; then they rush out to follow more promising developments elsewhere. However, interest in angiotensins generally has persisted and increased. Observation of the actions of angiotensins has led to the study of enzymes involved in t...

Is angiotensin I-converting enzyme a "master" disease gene?

Clustering of diseases has been appreciated by health insurers and epidemiologists for some time. Co-morbidity suggests shared pathways of disease. It is by now well agreed that common diseases have a strong genetic component. Here we present evidence that the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) deletion/deletion (D/D) genotype is associated with a large number of common adult diseases, inclu...

Prevalence of genetic polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T and angiotensin I-converting enzyme (insertion/deletion) in Sétif population, Algeria

The aim of the present study was to assess the frequencies of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE; OMIM: 106180) and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR; OMIM: 607093) polymorphisms in the Algerian population to further facilitate investigations on possible associations with various pathologies. The study was carried out on 146 apparently healthy individuals (65 males, 81 females) who w...

Potential angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors from Iranian traditional plants described by Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine

Objective: Hypertension is an important cause of cardiovascular disorders. The angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in hypertension; therefore, inhibition of ACE in treatment of chronically elevated blood pressure is an important therapeutic approach. In the current review, we have p...