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Salt-sensitive hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice expressing a corin variant identified in blacks.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Wei, Cui Yujie, Shen Jianzhong, Jiang Jingjing, Chen Shenghan, Peng Jianhao, Wu Qingyu
Abstract excerpt
Blacks represent a high-risk population for salt-sensitive hypertension and heart disease, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Corin is a cardiac protease that regulates blood pressure by activating natriuretic peptides. A corin gene variant (T555I/Q568P) was identified in blacks with hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the corin variant contributes to the...
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