Article
Genome-wide identification of allelic expression in hypertensive rats.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Dmitrieva Renata I, Hinojos Cruz A, Grove Megan L, Bell Rebecca J, Boerwinkle Eric, Fornage Myriam, Doris Peter A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Identification of genes involved in complex cardiovascular disease traits has proven challenging. Inbred animal models can facilitate genetic studies of disease traits. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is an inbred model of hypertension that exists in several closely related but genetically distinct lines. METHODS AND RESULTS: We used renal gene-expression profiling across 3 distinct SHR lines...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Blood Pressure
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Kidney
- Male
