MAOA promoter methylation and susceptibility to carotid atherosclerosis: Role of familial factors in a monozygotic twin sample

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Jinying ^a   Forsberg, Christopher W ^b,c   Goldberg, Jack ^b,c   Smith, Nicholas L ^b,c   Vaccarino, Viola ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerosis; DNA methylation; Familial factors; MAOA; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CPG ISLAND; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 84868245579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-100     Document Type: Article

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