title: Pharmacogenetics in heart failure: genomic markers of endothelial and neurohumoral function.
abstract: There is a high potential for pharmacogenetic interaction in the management of many diseases including heart failure. Although genetic tailoring of therapy is not yet a common medical practice, it is foreseeable that some forms of genetic targeting will become standard care by the end of the current decade. This review will summary how genetic variation in two genes involved in both endothelial function and heart failure pathogenesis, angiotensin-converting enzyme and endothelial nitric oxide synthase, influence both heart failure outcomes and the effects of standard therapies.
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure/Transplantation Program, Genetics Core Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, S-558 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. mcnamaradm@msx.upmc.edu
authors.forename: Dennis M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000483:Alleles; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000235:genetics*; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics*; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C488034:ACE protein, human; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A