The epithelial sodium channel γ-subunit gene and blood pressure: Family based association, renal gene expression, and physiological analyses

Hypertension

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1073-1078

  Büsst, Cara J ^a,g   Bloomer, Lisa D S ^b   Scurrah, Katrina J ^a   Ellis, Justine A ^c   Barnes, Timothy A ^b   Charchar, Fadi J ^b,d   Braund, Peter ^b   Hopkins, Paul N ^e   Samani, Nilesh J ^f   Hunt, Steven C ^e   Tomaszewski, Maciej ^b,f   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Genetics; Meta analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRONS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155175151     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.176370     Document Type: Article

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