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Interactions among genetic variants from contractile pathway of vascular smooth muscle cell in essential hypertension susceptibility of Chinese Han population.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jun 2008
Zhao Qi, Wang Laiyuan, Yang Wei, Chen Shufeng, Huang Jianfeng, Fan Zhongjie, Li Hongfan, Lu Xiangfeng, Gu Dongfeng
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Recent study supports the hypothesis that the abnormalities of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) that alter the intrinsic contractile state of the cell can directly cause abnormal vascular tone and disorders of blood pressure regulation, including hypertension. This study aimed to explore the individual and interactive effects of five genes from the contractile pathway of VSMC (KCNMB1,...
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