Four novel Loci (19q13, 6q24, 12q24, and 5q14) influence the microcirculation in vivo.

Four novel Loci (19q13, 6q24, 12q24, and 5q14) influence the microcirculation in vivo.

There is increasing evidence that the microcirculation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Changes in retinal vascular caliber reflect early microvascular disease and predict incident cardiovascular events. We performed a genome-wide association study to identify...

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Main Authors: M Kamran Ikram, Xueling Sim, Richard A Jensen, Mary Frances Cotch, Alex W Hewitt, M Arfan Ikram, Jie Jin Wang, Ronald Klein, Barbara E K Klein, Monique M B Breteler, Ning Cheung, Gerald Liew, Paul Mitchell, Andre G Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, Albert Hofman, Paulus T V M de Jong, Cornelia M van Duijn, Linda Kao, Ching-Yu Cheng, Albert Vernon Smith, Nicole L Glazer, Thomas Lumley, Barbara McKnight, Bruce M Psaty, Fridbert Jonasson, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Thor Aspelund, Global BPgen Consortium, Tamara B Harris, Lenore J Launer, Kent D Taylor, Xiaohui Li, Sudha K Iyengar, Quansheng Xi, Theru A Sivakumaran, David A Mackey, Stuart Macgregor, Nicholas G Martin, Terri L Young, Josh C Bis, Kerri L Wiggins, Susan R Heckbert, Christopher J Hammond, Toby Andrew, Samantha Fahy, John Attia, Elizabeth G Holliday, Rodney J Scott, F M Amirul Islam, Jerome I Rotter, Annie K McAuley, Eric Boerwinkle, E Shyong Tai, Vilmundur Gudnason, David S Siscovick, Johannes R Vingerling, Tien Y Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21060863/pdf/?tool=EBI

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