Article
Interactive association of five candidate polymorphisms in Apelin/APJ pathway with coronary artery disease among Chinese hypertensive patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Jin Wei, Su Xiuxiu, Xu Min, Liu Yan, Shi Jingyi, Lu Lin, Niu Wenquan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Via sequencing the genes of apelin/angiotensin receptor-like 1 (apelin/APJ) pathway, we have recently identified and validated four common polymorphisms (rs3761581, rs56204867, rs7119375, and rs10501367) implicated in the development of hypertension. Extending these findings, we, in Chinese hypertensive patients, sought to investigate the association of these four polymorphisms and one additional...
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