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Polymorphism in angiotensin II receptor genes and hypertension.
Experimental physiology - 1 May 2005
Baudin Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Molecular variants of individual components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) have been thought to contribute to an inherited predisposition towards essential hypertension. The angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT-1) mediates the major pressor and trophic actions of angiotensin II (Ang II) and at least 50 different polymorphisms have been described in the AT-1 gene (AT(1)R gene); in particular, the C allele of...
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