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Elevated plasma level of soluble F11 receptor/junctional adhesion molecule-A (F11R/JAM-A) in hypertension.
American journal of hypertension - 1 May 2009
Ong Kwok Leung, Leung Raymond Y H, Babinska Anna, Salifu Moro O, Ehrlich Yigal H, Kornecki Elizabeth, Wong Louisa Y F, Tso Annette W K, Cherny Stacey S, Sham Pak Chung, Lam Tai Hing, Lam Karen S L, Cheung Bernard M Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The F11 receptor (F11R, also known as junctional adhesion molecule A (JAM-A)) plays a role in the development of hypertension in rat. Genetic variants in the human F11R gene were demonstrated to influence systolic blood pressure. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between F11R and hypertension by examining the levels of a circulating soluble form of F11R (sF11R) in hypertensive...
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