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Synergistic polymorphisms of beta1- and alpha2C-adrenergic receptors and the risk of congestive heart failure.
The New England journal of medicine - 10 Oct 2002
Small Kersten M, Wagoner Lynne E, Levin Albert M, Kardia Sharon L R, Liggett Stephen B
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BACKGROUND: Sustained cardiac adrenergic stimulation has been implicated in the development and progression of heart failure. Release of norepinephrine is controlled by negative feedback from presynaptic alpha2-adrenergic receptors, and the targets of the released norepinephrine on myocytes are beta1-adrenergic receptors. In transfected cells, a polymorphic alpha2C-adrenergic receptor (alpha2CDel322-325) has...
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