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Genetic and Functional Evidence Supports LPAR1 as a Susceptibility Gene for Hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Sept 2015
Xu Ke, Ma Lu, Li Yang, Wang Fang, Zheng Gu-Yan, Sun Zhijun, Jiang Feng, Chen Yundai, Liu Huirong, Dang Aimin, Chen Xi, Chun Jerold, Tian Xiao-Li
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Essential hypertension is a complex disease affected by genetic and environmental factors and serves as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Serum lysophosphatidic acid correlates with an elevated blood pressure in rats, and lysophosphatidic acid interacts with 6 subtypes of receptors. In this study, we assessed the genetic association of lysophosphatidic acid receptors with essential hypertension by...
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