Article
Kidney omics in hypertension: from statistical associations to biological mechanisms and clinical applications.
Kidney international - 1 Sept 2022
Tomaszewski Maciej, Morris Andrew P, Howson Joanna M M, Franceschini Nora, Eales James M, Xu Xiaoguang, Dikalov Sergey, Guzik Tomasz J, Humphreys Benjamin D, Harrap Stephen, Charchar Fadi J
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a major cardiovascular disease risk factor and contributor to premature death globally. Family-based investigations confirmed a significant heritable component of blood pressure (BP), whereas genome-wide association studies revealed >1000 common and rare genetic variants associated with BP and/or hypertension. The kidney is not only an organ of key relevance to BP regulation and the development of...
Topics
- Blood Pressure
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Kidney
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
