. . . . . . . . . . . . "[The genotypes associated with an increased risk for varices have been linked to higher plasma levels of nitric oxide and reduced levels of ACE. These genotypes could have a vasodilatory effect in the systemic and splanchnic circulation, thus favoring the development of portocollaterals.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2013-07-06"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:32:22+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .