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Functional variant of CYP4A11 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid synthase is associated with essential hypertension.
Circulation - 4 Jan 2005
Gainer James V, Bellamine Aouatef, Dawson Elliott P, Womble Kristie E, Grant Sarah W, Wang Yarong, Cupples L Adrienne, Guo Chao-Yu, Demissie Serkalem, O'Donnell Christopher J, Brown Nancy J, Waterman Michael R, Capdevila Jorge H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The CYP4A11 arachidonic acid monooxygenase oxidizes endogenous arachidonic acid (AA) to 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), a metabolite with renovascular and tubular functions. Mice with targeted disruption of Cyp4a14, a murine homologue of CYP4A11, have severe hypertension. We combined molecular and biochemical approaches to identify a functional variant of the CYP4A11 20-HETE synthase and...
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