Association of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism with elevated serum ACE activity and major depression in an Iranian population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 336-342

  Firouzabadi, Negar ^a   Shafiei, Massoumeh ^a   Bahramali, Ehsan ^b   Ebrahimi, Soltan Ahmed ^a   Bakhshandeh, Hooman ^b   Tajik, Nader ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Genetic polymorphism; Major depressive disorder; Renin angiotensin system; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME GENE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 84872405221     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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