Similarly, two studies (Wilson et al., 2008; Atturu et al., 2010) have found reduced leukocyte telomere length in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is an age-related vascular disease and can be induced by Ang II via medial accretion of macrophages in aortic elastin degradation (Saraff et al., 2003). Here, AGT is linked to abdominal aortic aneurysm.