Hamed Abdi

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

[ 1 ] - ACE I/D and MMP-7 A-181G variants and the risk of end stage renal disease

The variants of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) genes might be involved in the pathogenesis of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and hypertension. We studied the ACE insertion/deletion (I/D) and MMP-7 A-181G variants in 99 unrelated ESRD patients and 117 individuals without renal complications from Western Iran with Kurdish ethnic background. The frequency ...

Co-Authors

Asad Vaisi-Raygani 1  

Hamid Nomani 1  

Maryam Tanhapoor 1  

Ziba Rahimi 1  

Zohreh Rahimi 1