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Sex-dependent association of blood pressure with oestrogen receptor genes ERalpha and ERbeta.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jun 2004
Ellis Justine A, Infantino Tania, Harrap Stephen B
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BACKGROUND: There is mounting physiological evidence for an important role of the oestrogen receptors, ERalpha and ERbeta, in vasodilatation and the response to vascular injury. In addition, genetic studies have suggested that the genes encoding these receptors may be involved in the genetic regulation of blood pressure. The existence of such sex steroid-related genes may help to explain the observed sex...
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