Systems-level approaches reveal conservation of trans-regulated genes in the rat and genetic determinants of blood pressure in humans

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-665

  Langley, Sarah R ^a   Bottolo, Leonardo ^a   Kunes, Jaroslav ^b   Zicha, Josef ^b   Zidek, Vaclav ^b   Hubner, Norbert ^c   Cook, Stuart A ^a   Pravenec, Michal ^b,d   Aitman, Timothy J ^a   Petretto, Enrico ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Expression QTLs; Genome wide association studies; Integrative genomics; Time series analysis; Trans acting regulation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RAT; TELEMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 84874682007     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs329     Document Type: Article

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