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CACNA1C rs1006737 SNP increases the risk of essential hypertension in both Chinese Han and ethnic Russian people of Northeast Asia.
Medicine - 26 Feb 2021
Zhang Hao, Pushkarev Boris, Zhou Jiexin, Mu Yuyuan, Bolshakova Olga, Shrestha Sandeep, Wang Ningning, Jian Baiyu, Jin Ming, Zhang Keyong, Cong Mingyu, Liu Jicheng, Vitkovsky Yuri, Qiu Changchun
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ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels play a key role in the regulation of arterial tone and blood pressure. The aim of this study was to determine whether the association of calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C (CACNA1C) rs1006737 with essential hypertension (EH) exists in both Chinese Han and ethnic Russian populations of Northeast Asia. We used a case-control study of 2 ethnic groups in the same...
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