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Association of a human G-protein beta3 subunit variant with hypertension.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Siffert W, Rosskopf D, Siffert G, Busch S, Moritz A, Erbel R, Sharma A M, Ritz E, Wichmann H E, Jakobs K H, Horsthemke B
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a common disorder of multifactorial origin that constitutes a major risk factor for cardiovascular events such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Previous studies demonstrated an enhanced signal transduction via pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins in lymphoblasts and fibroblasts from selected patients with essential hypertension. We have detected a novel polymorphism (C825T) in exon 10 of the...
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