KCNK3 Variants Are Associated With Hyperaldosteronism and Hypertension
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KCNK3 Variants Are Associated With Hyperaldosteronism and Hypertension.
Blood pressure (BP) is a complex trait that is the consequence of an interaction between genetic and environmental determinants. Previous studies have demonstrated increased BP in mice with global deletion of TASK-1 channels contemporaneous with diverse dysregulation of aldosterone production. In humans, genome-wide association studies in ≈100 000 individuals of European, East Asian, and South ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.116.07564