Identification of 108 SNPs in TSC, WNK1 and WNK4 and their association with hypertension in a Japanese general population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 507-515

  Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^a   Kamide, Kei ^a   Inamoto, Nozomu ^a   Tanaka, Chihiro ^a   Banno, Mariko ^a   Takiuchi, Shin ^a   Kawano, Yuhei ^a   Tomoike, Hitonobu ^a   Miyata, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene variants; Hypertension; Thiazide sensitive Na Cl cotransporter; WNK1; WNK4

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TSC GENE; WNK1 GENE; WNK4 GENE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMOKING; SYNDROME;

EID: 4744369165     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-004-0181-0     Document Type: Article

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