Lack of association between the G protein β3 subunit gene and essential hypertension in Chinese: A case-control and a family-based study

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 729-735

  Huang, Xiaohong ^a   Ju, Zhenyu ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Zhang, Hongye ^a   Sun, Kai ^a   Lu, Hongyan ^a   Yang, Zhiwei ^b   Jose, Pedro A ^b   Zhou, Gang ^c   Wang, Meng ^c   Wang, Weifeng ^c   Feng, Shixian ^c   Hui, Rutai ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Inst Chron Non Communic Dis C   (China)

Author keywords

Body weight; G proteins; Hypertension; Polymorphism; Transmission disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA3; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; G PROTEIN BETA3 SUBUNIT GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 0345375972     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-003-0482-3     Document Type: Article

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