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A polymorphic GT short tandem repeat affecting beta-ENaC mRNA expression is associated with low renin essential hypertension.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2007
González Alexis A, Carvajal Cristian A, Riquelme Erick, Krall Paola M, Munoz Carlos R, Mosso Lorena M, Kalergis Alexis M, Fardella Carlos E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a candidate gene associated with the development of essential hypertension. A potentially polymorphic repetitive region (GT dinucleotide short tandem repeat [STR]) was identified in intron 8 of beta-ENaC gene (SCNN1B). The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and distribution of a polymorphic GT-STR in SCNN1B in Chilean essential hypertensive (EH)...
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