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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 hyperexpression in African-American hypertensives: A novel mediator of hypertension and/or target organ damage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Mar 2000
Suthanthiran M, Li B, Song J O, Ding R, Sharma V K, Schwartz J E, August P
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension, a remediable risk factor for stroke, cardiovascular disease, and renal failure, affects 50 million individuals in the United States alone. African Americans (blacks) have a higher incidence and prevalence of hypertension and hypertension-associated target organ damage compared with Caucasian Americans (whites). Herein, we explored the hypotheses that transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1))...
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