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The G protein-coupled receptor kinase 4 gene affects blood pressure in young normotensive twins.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jan 2006
Zhu Haidong, Lu Yanhui, Wang Xiaoling, Treiber Frank A, Harshfield Gregory A, Snieder Harold, Dong Yanbin
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BACKGROUND: G protein-coupled receptor kinase 4 (GRK4) is involved in activity of dopamine receptors in renal proximal tubules and thus mediates sodium reabsorption and blood pressure (BP) regulation. The present study evaluated the impact of the GRK4 gene variants on BP levels in normotensive ad...
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