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Ala92 type 2 deiodinase allele increases risk for the development of hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Mar 2007
Gumieniak Olga, Perlstein Todd S, Williams Jonathan S, Hopkins Paul N, Brown Nancy J, Raby Benjamin A, Williams Gordon H
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence suggests that genes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid pathway influence susceptibility to hypertension. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase is responsible for the conversion of thyroxine to tri-iodothyronine for use in peripheral tissues. The present study evaluated whether a type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase nonsynonymous polymorphism, threonine 92 to alanine (Thr92Ala), is a determinant of...
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