Article
The C718T polymorphism in the 3'-untranslated region of glutathione peroxidase-4 gene is a predictor of cerebral stroke in patients with essential hypertension.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 May 2012
Polonikov Alexey V, Vialykh Ekaterina K, Churnosov Mikhail I, Illig Thomas, Freidin Maxim B, Vasil'eva Oksana V, Bushueva Olga Yu, Ryzhaeva Valentina N, Bulgakova Irina V, Solodilova Maria A
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we have investigated the association of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in glutathione peroxidase (GPx) genes GPX1 rs1050450 (P198L), GPX3 rs2070593 (G930A) and GPX4 rs713041 (T718C) with the risk of cerebral stroke (CS) in patients with essential hypertension (EH). A total of 667 unrelated EH patients of Russian origin, including 306 hypertensives (the EH-CS group) who suffered from CS...
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