Interactions between the FTO and GNB3 genes contribute to varied clinical phenotypes in hypertension.

The genes FTO and GNB3 are implicated in essential hypertension but their interaction remains to be explored. This study investigates the role of interaction between the two genes in the pathophysiology of essential hypertension.In a case-control study comprising 750 controls and 550 patients, inter...

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Main Authors: Rahul Kumar, Samantha Kohli, Perwez Alam, Ritankur Barkotoky, Mohit Gupta, Sanjay Tyagi, S K Jain, M A Qadar Pasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653800?pdf=render