%0 Journal Article %T The Effect of Renin-angiotensin System Inhibitors on Kidney Allograft Survival: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis %A Charat Thongprayoon %A Insara J. J. Sathick %A Michael A. Mao %A Stephen B. Erickson %A Wisit Cheungpasitporn %A Wonngarm Kittanamongkolchai %J Archive of "North American Journal of Medical Sciences". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/1947-2714.187141 %X The use of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease, and especially in diabetic kidney disease, has been shown to provide renoprotective effects and slow progression to end-stage renal disease. However, this protective effect in kidney transplant patient populations is unclear %K Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors %K angiotensin II receptor blockers %K kidney transplantation %K renin-angiotensin system inhibitors %K transplantation %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4982358/