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Functional variant in microRNA-196a2 contributes to the susceptibility of congenital heart disease in a Chinese population.
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2009
Xu Jing, Hu Zhibin, Xu Zhengfeng, Gu Haiyong, Yi Long, Cao Hailong, Chen Jiaping, Tian Tian, Liang Jie, Lin Ying, Qiu Wanshan, Ma Hongxia, Shen Hongbing, Chen Yijiang
Abstract excerpt
Hox gene clusters play an important role during cardiac septation to valve formation in different species, and the miR-196a-HOXB8-Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway is of particular interest. Recently, we found that a genetic variant of rs11614913 in the miR-196a2 sequence could alter mature miR-196a expression and target mRNA binding; this observation led us to hypothesize that rs11614913 might influence...
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