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G protein polymorphisms in hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Siffert Winfried
Abstract excerpt
A common C825T polymorphism in the gene GNB3, which encodes the beta 3 subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins, was identified in cell lines from patients with hypertension. The 825T allele is associated with increased intracellular signal transduction. Many population-based and case-control studies in different ethnicities have investigated an association between this polymorphism and hypertension, obesity, and...
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