Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.

An-Fang HuangHui LiLei KeChao YangXiao-Yan LiuZu-Cheng YangFen XuHong JiaWang-Dong Xu

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2017)

The present study might suggest that ACE I/D polymorphism may be a genetic molecular marker to predict SLE, while this polymorphism may not correlate with LN susceptibility.

Keyphrases

angiotensin converting enzyme
systemic lupus erythematosus
angiotensin ii
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
gene expression
copy number