Ethnic and age-specific acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome risk associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphisms, implications for COVID-19: A meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Noel Pabalan, Phuntila Tharabenjasin, Panan Suntornsaratoon, Hamdi Jarjanazi, Chatchai Muanprasat
• Other Authors: Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/75720
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: The reported association between an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene and the risk for acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains controversial despite the publication of four meta-analyses on this topic....