ROCK2 allelic variants are not associated with pre-eclampsia susceptibility in the Finnish population

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 443-449

  Peterson, H ^a   Laivuori, H ^b,c   Kerkela E ^d   Jiao, H ^a   Hiltunen, L ^e   Heino, S ^b   Tiala, I ^b   Knuutila, S ^b   Rasi, V ^e   Kere, Juha ^a,b   Kivinen, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genetic association; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; ROCK2

Indexed keywords

RHO ASSOCIATED COILED COIL PROTEIN KINASE 2; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRON; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67649197912     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap032     Document Type: Article

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