Evaluation of insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms of ACE gene and circulating levels of angiotensin II in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract.
Pedro Antunes PousaTamires Sara Campos MendonçaLarissa Marques FonsecaMaria Christina L OliveiraAndré Rolim BelisárioAna Cristina Dos Santos LopesPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
Although CAKUT is a complex disease and the ACE gene may exert a role in kidney embryogenesis, CAKUT was not associated with any ACE I/D polymorphisms nor with differences in plasma levels of Ang II in this Brazilian pediatric population.