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LUPUS
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 356-362Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1191/0961203305lu2093oa
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Brazil; genetic polymorphism; nephropathy; renin-angiotensin system; systemic lupus erythematosus
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Genetic polymorphisms of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been associated with cardiovascular events and the progression of nephropathy in several diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate a possible association of the genetic polymorphisms of RAS with the development and/or progression of lupus nephritis in a Brazilian population. Seventy-five SLE patients with lupus nephropathy (LN group) were compared to 72 SLE patients without LN (SLE group) and 65 healthy individuals (CONTROL group), of sex and ethnic matched, in a Brazilian population sample. Mean global follow-up was 9 +/- 6 years for lupus without nephropathy and 11 +/- 7 years for lupus nephropathy. Following the extraction of genomic DNA from the leukocytes in the peripheral blood, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE I/D), angiotensinogen (AGT (MT)-T-235) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGTR1 A(1166)C) genotypes were determined by the polymerase chain reaction. No significant difference of ACE, AGT and AGTR1 genotypes distribution between groups was observed in this study. There was no significant association between the variables of the RAS genotypes and the presence of hypertension in SLE. However, an increased frequency of DD genotype (ACE I/D) was observed in SLE patients with LN who progressed to CRF compared to healthy controls (DD 60%, DI 26.7%, II 13.3% versus 27.7%, 60% and 12.3%, respectively; chi(2) = 6.299, P - 0.0429). In the population studied. there was no influence of the RAS genetic polymorphisms in the development of lupus nephropathy, but the progression to CRF was associated with ACE DD polymorphism.
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