[A mutation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS)-a key enzyme of the endogenous nitrovasodilator system that is essential for the regulation of blood flow and blood pressure-may aggravate the progression to diabetic nephropathy and/or retinopathy.]. 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