ACE, angiotensin I converting enzyme, 1636

N. diseases: 1082; N. variants: 82
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE It is suggested that the ACE gene DD genotype might be a significant risk factor for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. 12722028 2003
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been linked with diabetic nephropathy and IgA glomerulonephritis and with faster renal disease progression. 10821348 2000
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association between the angiotensin-converting enzyme-insertion/deletion polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy: a methodologic appraisal and systematic review. 9727374 1998
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The frequency of ACE DD genotype in patients with diabetic nephropathy was significantly higher than in patients without nephropathy (22.3 vs 13.4%, P<0.05). 10862639 2000
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Meta-analysis of the relationship between ACE I/D gene polymorphism and end-stage renal disease in patients with diabetic nephropathy. 22385293 2012
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN ACE gene polymorphism was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction in 460 individuals consisting of 174 cases of DN, 175 cases of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and 111 controls. 17616353 2007
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although we acknowledge certain problems in the design of the study the results in this large cohort suggest that the I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene does not play a major role in the development of DN. 9269698 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The results of this study are evidence that the risk of diabetic nephropathy in IDDM is influenced by genetic variability at the ACE locus, but the responsible variant is not the I/D polymorphism in intron 16. 9794558 1998
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, these results suggest that the ACE locus may be associated with longevity and survival in patients with type I diabetes rather than diabetic nephropathy or microvascular disease per se. 9025006 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Gene polymorphism for angiotensin converting enzyme is not linked to the development of microalbuminuria or established diabetic nephropathy. 7819935 1994
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A substitution (M235T) polymorphism in angiotensinogen (AGT) may interact with ACE I/D polymorphism for the risk of diabetic nephropathy, but their prognostic values have to be established by follow-up studies. 11181802 2001
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Multivariate logistic regression analysis [hypertension, gender, age, duration of diabetes, hemoglobin (HbA1c), usage of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, and cholesterol level] showed that TGF-beta genotype (P = 0.03) is an independent predictor for type 2 DMN. 12675860 2003
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We analyzed clinical parameters and ACE genotype distribution between type 2 diabetic patients at the extremes of renal risk, i.e. an end-stage renal failure (ESRF) group (n = 103, group 1) who were on dialysis therapy due to progression of diabetic nephropathy, and a no progression group (n = 88, group 2) who had maintained normal renal function and normoalbuminuria for more than 15 years. 16385653 2005
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN It is suggested that the ACE gene DD genotype might be a significant risk factor for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. 12722028 2003
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this review, we discuss the relationship between ACE I/D polymorphism and diabetic nephropathy and therapeutic response of RAAS blockers. 25587546 2014
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Is the presence of retinopathy of practical value in defining cases of diabetic nephropathy in genetic association studies? The experience with the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism in 53 studies comprising 17,791 subjects. 18523141 2008
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our independent case-control study provides no evidence that common variants in ACE, ACE2 and AGTR1 play a major role in genetic susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy in a white population with Type1 diabetes. 20854388 2010
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although the ACE gene polymorphism's potential link to diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes has been debated, the most definitive studies show that an association exists. 10332539 1999
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Allelic frequencies of the ACE-D and AGT-235T alleles were similar between patients with and without nephropathy in either type of diabetes, and accordingly, there was no significant association between diabetic nephropathy and the ACE or AGT genotype. 9049480 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Using multivariate logistic regression analyses, we investigated the independent or synergistic effects of the ACE I/D and PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphisms on the development of diabetic nephropathy and macroangiopathy in 208 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) over a 15 year period. 9844142 1998
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the relationship between glomerular hyperfiltration and ACE (I/D) polymorphism in 76 type 1 diabetic children and adolescents without diabetic nephropathy (mean +/- SD: age 16 +/- 3 years; diabetes duration 7 +/- 4 years; age at diabetes onset 9 +/- 4 years; HbA1c 9.5 +/- 1.9%). 10189542 1999
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, we investigated the interaction between long-term glycaemic control and three polymorphisms in the genes coding for AGTR1 (A1166-->C), angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE/ID) and angiotensinogen (M235T) on risk of developing diabetic nephropathy. 10907125 2000
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These results suggest that: (1) the ACE gene I/D polymorphism influences glomerular filtration and renal plasma flow rates in patients with early uncomplicated IDDM; and (2) differences in renal hemodynamic function do not appear to explain the protection against the development of diabetic nephropathy offered by the I allele. 8995725 1997
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The present study investigated the influence of insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the angiotensin II-converting enzyme (ACE) gene in combination with endothelial nitric oxide (eNOS) G894T polymorphism on the predisposition to diabetic nephropathy (DN). 22026967 2012
CUI: C0011881
Disease: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lack of relationship between an insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin I-converting enzyme gene and diabetic nephropathy and proliferative retinopathy in IDDM patients. 7729604 1995