[The D allele, which is associated with higher plasma ACE levels, and the level of ACE in plasma, were found in case control studies to be associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction, an increased risk of diabetic nephropathy in type I diabetic patients, and a faster rate of renal function degradation in glomerular diseases.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE