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Association of F11 receptor gene polymorphisms with central obesity and blood pressure.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Mar 2008
Ong K L, Leung R Y H, Wong L Y F, Cherny S S, Sham P C, Lam T H, Lam K S L, Cheung B M Y
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OBJECTIVES: F11 receptor, also known as junctional adhesion molecule-1, in the autonomic nervous system is implicated in the development of hypertension in spontaneous hypertensive rats. We investigated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the F11 receptor gene (F11R) with hypertension and central obesity in Hong Kong Chinese. METHODS: Seven tagging SNPs were identified in the HapMap...
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