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Interaction of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) polymorphisms and occupational hazards increases the risk of hypertension in coke oven workers.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Nov 2018
Zheng Jin-Ping, Lyu Yi, Li Rui-Fang, Tian Feng-Jie, Mu Jian-Bing
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OBJECTIVES: The interaction between genetic, epigenetic inheritance and environmental factors determines susceptibility to hypertension. Previous epidemiology studies have shown that coke oven workers who are frequently exposed to various occupational hazards have remarkable increase in the risk for hypertension. Among many genetic variants identified in hypertension, heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) was found to...
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