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A GRK5 polymorphism that inhibits beta-adrenergic receptor signaling is protective in heart failure.
Nature medicine - 1 May 2008
Liggett Stephen B, Cresci Sharon, Kelly Reagan J, Syed Faisal M, Matkovich Scot J, Hahn Harvey S, Diwan Abhinav, Martini Jeffrey S, Sparks Li, Parekh Rohan R, Spertus John A, Koch Walter J, Kardia Sharon L R, Dorn Gerald W
Abstract excerpt
Beta-adrenergic receptor (betaAR) blockade is a standard therapy for cardiac failure and ischemia. G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) desensitize betaARs, suggesting that genetic GRK variants might modify outcomes in these syndromes. Re-sequencing of GRK2 and GRK5 revealed a nonsynonymous polymorphism of GRK5, common in African Americans, in which leucine is substituted for glutamine at position 41....
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