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Black carbon exposures, blood pressure, and interactions with single nucleotide polymorphisms in MicroRNA processing genes.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Jul 2010
Wilker Elissa H, Baccarelli Andrea, Suh Helen, Vokonas Pantel, Wright Robert O, Schwartz Joel
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BACKGROUND: Black carbon (BC) is a marker of traffic pollution that has been associated with blood pressure (BP), but findings have been inconsistent. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of gene expression, but whether polymorphisms in genes involved in processing of miRNAs to maturity influence susceptibility to BC has not been elucidated. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between BC and...
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