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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor (TRHR) gene is associated with essential hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 2001
García S I, Porto P I, Dieuzeide G, Landa M S, Kirszner T, Plotquin Y, Gonzalez C, Pirola C J
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In essential hypertension, a polygenic and multifactorial syndrome, several genes interact with the environment to produce high blood pressure. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) plays an important role in central cardiovascular regulation. We have described that TRH overexpression induces hypertension in a normal rat, which was reversed by TRH antisense treatment. This treatment also reduces the central TRH...
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