Genetics of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Diseases: Aneurysms, Dissections, and Ruptures

Circulation Research

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 588-606

  Pinard, Amélie ^a   Jones, Gregory T ^b   Milewicz, Dianna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aorta; aortic aneurysm; genes; genetic association studies; mutation; prevalence; rupture

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FBN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FIBRILLIN 1;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ACTA2 GENE; ARIH1 GENE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BGN GENE; COL3A1 GENE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFEMP2 GENE; ELN GENE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FBN1 GENE; FBN2 GENE; FLNA GENE; FOXE3 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HCN4 GENE; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LOX GENE; LTBP3 GENE; MAT2A GENE; MFAP5 GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYH11 GENE; MYLK GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTCH1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKG1 GENE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKI GENE; SLC2A10 GENE; SMAD2 GENE; SMAD3 GENE; SMAD4 GENE; TGFB2 GENE; TGFB3 GENE; TGFBR1 GENE; TGFBR2 GENE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TISSUE DEGENERATION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PATHOLOGY; PENETRANCE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FIBRILLIN-1; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PENETRANCE;

EID: 85061579298     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312436     Document Type: Review

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