polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) gene and ace activity in type 2 diabetic patients

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a nikzamir department of biochemistry, school of medicine, ahwaz jondi shapour university of medical sciences,

m nakhjavani endocrinology and metabolism research center (emrc), vali-e-asr hospital, tehran university of medic

t golmohammadi department of biochemistry, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

l dibai endocrinology and metabolism research center (emrc), vali-e-asr hospital, tehran university of medic

abstract

diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disease. it has recently been shown that an insertion (i)/deletion (d) polymorphism exists in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) gene that can affect the serum ace level. there are three genotypes: dd, di, and ii, with the ace level being highest in dd, intermediate in di, and lowest in ii. in the present investigation, 170 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and 144 control subjects were studied. the ace i/d polymorphism was determined by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) utilizing specific primers. ace activity was determined spectrophotometrically. distribution of ace gene (i/d) polymorphism and allele frequencies in patients with t2dm were significantly different from those in control ( p in genotype distribution between the two groups ( p for each genotype. moreover, we found test sensitivity to be 62.3%. serum ace activity was significantly associated with ace (i/d) gene polymorphism.

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acta medica iranica

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