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The alpha2C-adrenoceptor deletion322-325 variant and cold-induced vasoconstriction.
Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society - 1 Aug 2009
Friedman Eitan A, Harris Paul A, Wood Alastair J J, Stein C Michael, Kurnik Daniel
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Cold-induced vasoconstriction is mediated in part by selective enhancement of local alpha(2C)-adrenoceptor (alpha(2C)-AR) activity. A common insertion-deletion variant in the alpha(2C)-AR gene (ADRA2C del322-325) results in an approximately 85% reduction of agonist-mediated function in vitro. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with the ADRA2C del322-325 variant have attenuated vasoconstriction...
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