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Sex-specific effects of dual ET-1/ANG II receptor (Dear) variants in Dahl salt-sensitive/resistant hypertension rat model.
Physiological genomics - 20 Jan 2005
Kaneko Yuji, Herrera Victoria L M, Didishvili Tamara, Ruiz-Opazo Nelson
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Essential (polygenic) hypertension is a complex genetic disorder that remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease despite clinical advances, reiterating the need to elucidate molecular genetic mechanisms. Elucidation of susceptibility genes remains a challenge, however. Blood pressure (BP) regulatory pathways through angiotensin II (ANG II) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) receptor systems comprise a priori...
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