Correlation between angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension in Chinese population.
Essential hypertension (EHT) has a genetic basis. Considering the pathological, physiological and biological mechanisms implicated in blood pressure regulation, many candidates have been listed as hypertension genes, of which the angiotensinogen gene (AGT) is weighed as the most promising one.
Qi
Y
Y
Niu
W
W
Zhou
W
W
Hou
S
S
Qiu
C
C
D000809:Angiotensins / Q000235:genetics*; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic