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STK39 polymorphisms and blood pressure: an association study in British Caucasians and assessment of cis-acting influences on gene expression.
BMC medical genetics - 14 Dec 2009
Cunnington Michael S, Kay Chris, Avery Peter J, Mayosi Bongani M, Koref Mauro Santibanez, Keavney Bernard
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BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) has significant heritability, but the genes responsible remain largely unknown. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the STK39 locus were recently associated with hypertension by genome-wide association in an Amish population; in vitro data from transient tran...
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