Deletion polymorphism in the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme is a potent risk factor for myocardial infarction (original) (raw)
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- Odette Poirier1,
- Laure Lecerf1,
- Alun Evans3,
- Jean-Pierre Cambou4,
- Dominique Arveiler5,
- Gerald Luc6,
- Jean-Marie Bard7,
- Lucienne Bara8,
- Sylvain Ricard1,
- Laurence Tiret2,
- Philippe Amouyel6,
- François Alhenc-Gelas9 &
- …
- Florent Soubrier10
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FACTORS involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, thrombosis and vasoconstriction1,2 contribute to the development of coronary heart disease. In a study comparing patients after myocardial infarction with controls, we have explored a possible association between coronary heart disease and a variation found in the gene encoding angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). The polymorphism ACE /ID is strongly associated with the level of circulating enzyme3. This enzyme plays a key role in the production of angiotensin II and in the catabolism of bradykinin, two peptides involved in the modulation of vascular tone and in the proliferation of smooth muscle cells. Here we report that the DD genotype, which is associated with higher levels of circulating ACE than the ID and II genotypes, is significantly more frequent in patients with myocardial infarction (_n_=610) than in controls (_n_=733) (P = 0.007), especially among subjects with low body-mass index and low plasma levels of ApoB (P< 0.0001). The ACE/ID polymorphism seems to be a potent risk factor of coronary heart disease in subjects formerly considered to be at low risk according to common criteria.
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François Cambien, Odette Poirier, Laure Lecerf & Sylvain Ricard - INSERM U258, Hôpital Broussais, 96 rue Didot, 75674, Paris, France
François Cambien & Laurence Tiret - MONICA Project, The Queen's University, Belfast, BT12 6BJ, UK
Alun Evans - MONICA Project, INSERM U326, CHU Purpan, 31059, Toulouse, France
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Lucienne Bara - INSERM U367, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005, Paris, France
François Alhenc-Gelas - INSERM U36, 3 rue d'Ulm, 75005, Paris, France
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Cambien, F., Poirier, O., Lecerf, L. et al. Deletion polymorphism in the gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme is a potent risk factor for myocardial infarction.Nature 359, 641–644 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359641a0
- Received: 08 June 1992
- Accepted: 10 September 1992
- Issue Date: 15 October 1992
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/359641a0