Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit variants are associated with blood pressure; Findings in the Old Order Amish and replication in the Framingham Heart Study

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McArdle, Patrick F ^a   Rutherford, Sue ^b   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Damcott, Coleen M ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Ramachandran, Vasan ^c   Ott, Sandy ^a   Chang, Yen Pei C ^a   Levy, Daniel ^d   Steinle, Nanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; CHRNA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHRND PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMISH; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHROMOSOME 2Q; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIGION; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRISTIANITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYSTOLE;

EID: 47749092354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-9-67     Document Type: Article

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