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Polymorphism of CYP11B2 determines salt sensitivity in Japanese.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 2007
Iwai Naoharu, Kajimoto Kazuaki, Tomoike Hitonobu, Takashima Naoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Aldosterone plays essential roles in body fluid and electrolyte homeostasis and blood pressure. However, the association between polymorphisms in the CYP11B2 gene and hypertension is controversial. We resequenced CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 and identified 35 polymorphisms in this region. We performed association studies between the plasma aldosterone concentration and 13 polymorphisms in this region in 1443 subjects. The...
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