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Association study of the 5-HT(2A) receptor gene polymorphism, T102C and essential hypertension.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 May 2001
Liolitsa D, Powell J F, Prince M, Lovestone S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Serotonin dysfunction has been implicated in hypertension due to its ability to induce vasoconstriction via stimulation of 5-HT(2) receptors and due to the antihypertensive effect of ketanserin, an antagonist at the 5-HT(2A) receptor subtype, expressed both on arteries and the brain. The silent T102C polymorphism in the 5-HT(2A) gene is in absolute linkage disequilibrium with a polymorphism in the...
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