Thus, our findings suggest that in white families with type 2 diabetes, there is no linkage between the degree of albumin excretion and ACE and AGN polymorphisms, whereas the latter is related to arterial hypertension, as previously found in patients without diabetes but with essential hypertension.
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGT1R) gene 1166A > C polymorphism has been shown to be associated with essential hypertension and aortic stiffness as measured by carotid femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV).
We performed a meta-analysis with the aim of assessing the association of the angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor gene A1166C polymorphism with essential hypertension in Chinese case-control studies.
Angiotensin II type 1 genotyping and relative telomere length were investigated by PCR in 40 patients of essential hypertension and 15 healthy controls.
These results suggest that abnormalities in the angiotensinogen gene resulting in increased circulating levels of angiotensinogen could potentially contribute in part to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension.
RAAS-blocking agents like angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers, have long been key components in the treatment of essential hypertension, heart failure, diabetic nephropathy, and chronic kidney disease, showing benefits well beyond blood pressure reduction.
The issues confronting the genetic analysis of EH are discussed by drawing from our ongoing work along the hypothesis that molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene may constitute inherited predispositions to the condition.
The hypothesis that genetic variation at the angiotensinogen locus impacts on individual susceptibility to develop essential hypertension has motivated a substantial body of research by us and many others.
Our results suggest that the positive association between angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms and haplotypes with essential hypertension is not simply explained by an increase in plasma angiotensinogen concentration.
In this study, we examined the role of AGT promoter polymorphisms, including G-217A, A-6G and M235T variants, and their promoter function in essential hypertension in Taiwanese populations.
The TT genotype of a polymorphism encoding threonine instead of methionine (M235T) has been associated not only with increased plasma angiotensinogen concentration but also with essential hypertension.
These data provide evidence in favour of an association between hypertension and a genetic variant of AGT in human EHT, and a marked ethnic difference in the AGT gene.
There are now two studies in populations of white European origin and one in African Caribbeans providing support for a role of the angiotensinogen gene locus in human essential hypertension.
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) are potentially useful in controlling the central blood pressure and arterial stiffness in mild to moderate essential hypertension, while the effects of ARBs in aged patients with essential hypertension are not entirely investigated.
Angiotensinogen (AGT) is the precursor of one of the most important vasoactive hormone angiotensin II and this gene locus is associated with human essential hypertension.
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene polymorphisms are associated with coronary artery disease, but their linkage with primary hypertension is controversial.
We found no evidence for linkage between essential hypertension and the genes coding for renin, angiotensinogen, angiotensin-converting enzyme, or kallikrein 1 in the 329 hypertensive individuals of 142 families studied.
The M235T mutation of the human angiotensinogen gene has been shown to be associated with elevated circulating angiotensinogen concentrations and essential hypertension.
It has been reported that a polymorphism of the AT1 receptor gene (an A/C transversion at position 1166; A1166C) may be associated with essential hypertension (HT).