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  • Title: Renin gene polymorphism associated with aldosterone responsiveness to the renin-angiotensin system in patients with aldosterone-producing adenomas.
    Author: Ballantine DM, Klemm SA, Tunny TJ, Stowasser M, Gordon RD.
    Journal: Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol; 1994 Mar; 21(3):215-8. PubMed ID: 7915644.
    Abstract:
    1. Aldosterone levels in patients with unilateral aldosterone-producing adenomas may be responsive or unresponsive to the renin-angiotensin system, with the former often previously misdiagnosed as bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. 2. In tumours from patients in the responsive subgroup, renin mRNA is expressed in greater amounts than in tumours from patients in the unresponsive subgroup, or in normal adrenals. 3. We compared the frequency of four renin gene polymorphisms in peripheral blood DNA from the two subgroups and found significant associations between BglI, TaqI and HinfI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) and aldosterone responsiveness. 4. Allelic variation in the constitutive renin gene was associated with a specific cause of hypertension.
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