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Rare mutations in SLC12A1 and SLC12A3 protect against hypertension by reducing the activity of renal salt cotransporters.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Mar 2011
Acuña Rocío, Martínez-de-la-Maza Lilia, Ponce-Coria José, Vázquez Norma, Ortal-Vite Penélope, Pacheco-Alvarez Diana, Bobadilla Norma A, Gamba Gerardo
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OBJECTIVES: Screening for variants in SLC12A1 and SLC12A3 genes, encoding the renal Na:Cl (NCC) and Na:K:2Cl (NKCC2) cotransporters, respectively, in 3125 members of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) revealed that carrying a rare mutation in one of these genes was associated with a significant red...
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