Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis
Background - Reduction in angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity has been shown to attenuate pancreatic stellate cell activation and pancreatic fibrosis and suggested as a potential treatment for chronic pancreatitis. The ACE gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in intron 16 accounts for...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
Year: 2009, Volume: 21, Issue: 9, Pages: 1032-1035 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5687 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328326f586 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0b013e328326f586 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://journals.lww.com/eurojgh/Fulltext/2009/09000/Angiotensin_converting_enzyme_insertion_deletion.11.aspx |
| Author Notes: | Tomas Hucl, Marja-Leena Kylanpää, Beat Künzli, Heiko Witt, Marko Lempinen, Alexander Schneider, Esko Kemppainen, Matthias Löhr, Stephan L. Haas, Helmut Friess, Johann Ockenga, Jonas Rosendahl, Hans-Ulrich Schulz, Thomas Gress, Manfred V. Singer and Roland H. Pfützer |