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Role of the eNOS Glu298Asp variant on the GNB3825T allele dependent determination of alpha-adrenergic coronary constriction.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 May 2003
Naber Christoph K, Baumgart Dietrich, Heusch Gerd, Siffert Winfried, Oldenburg Olaf, Huesing Johannes, Erbel Raimund
Abstract excerpt
The 825T allele of a polymorphism at GNB3, encoding the G protein beta(3) subunit, is associated with an enhanced coronary blood flow (CBF) reduction in response to alpha(2)-, but not to alpha(1)-adrenoceptor activation. Because the regulation of vascular tone by alpha(2)-adrenoceptors includes direct vasoconstriction as well as vasodilatation by endothelial release of nitric oxide, the eNOS Glu298Asp variant...
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