This review is focused on anthropometric and physiological characteristics of soccer players
with a view to establishing their roles within talent detection, identification and development …

Hypertension, or elevated arterial blood pressure, is a been operationally defined as the
blood pressure level substantial public health problem, affecting 25% of the above which …

Essential hypertension is a common human disease believed to reautt from the interplay of
multiple genetic and environmental determinants. In genetic studies of two large panels of …

FACTORS involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, thrombosis and
vasoconstriction1, 2 contribute to the development of coronary heart disease. In a study …

In an effort to dissect the genetic components of longevity, we have undertaken case–control
studies of populations of centenarians (n= 338) and adults aged 20–70 years at several …

T LYMPHOCYTES can recognize and be activated by a very small number of complexes of
peptide with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules displayed on the surface of …

We conducted the present study to determine whether the angiotensin II type I receptor
(AT1) gene might be implicated in human essential hypertension by using case-control and …

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) plays an essential role in two physiological systems,
one leading to the production of angiotensin II and the other to the degradation of …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a zinc-dependent peptidase responsible for
converting angiotensin I into the vasoconstrictor angiotensin II. However, ACE is a relatively …

Some 12 years ago, a polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene
became the first genetic element shown to impact substantially on human physical …