Title : Keeping pace with ACE: are ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists potential doping agents?

Pub. Date : 2008

PMID : 19026021






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1 While the results are variable and sometimes inconsistent, and corroborating phenotypic data limited, carriers of the ACE "insertion" allele (the presence of an alu repeat element in intron 16 of the gene) have been reported to have higher maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), greater response to training, and increased muscle efficiency when compared with individuals carrying the "deletion" allele (absence of the alu repeat). Oxygen angiotensin I converting enzyme Homo sapiens