Analysis of candidate genes and hypertension in African American adults.
Analysis of candidate genes and hypertension in African American adults.
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2009
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Whitfield, Keith E
Yao, Xiaopan
Boomer, K B
Vogler, George P
Hayward, Mark D
Vandenbergh, David J
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Whitfield, Keith E and Yao, Xiaopan and Boomer, K B and Vogler, George P and Hayward, Mark D and Vandenbergh, David J (2009) Analysis of candidate genes and hypertension in African American adults. Ethnicity & disease, 19 (1). pp. 18-22.
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Abstract
These results extend previous findings of associations of various polymorphisms of ACE to hypertension and support the association of hypertension to the A allele of ACE4. The potential for this polymorphism to alter expression by its position in the gene's promoter region suggests that future studies of altered ACE protein activity are warranted.