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Tyrosine Hydroxylase Polymorphism (C-824T) and Hypertension: A Population-Based Study
Author(s) -
Samara Joy Nielsen,
Jesper Jeppesen,
C. TorpPedersen,
Tine W. Hansen,
Allan Linneberg,
Mogens Fenger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.165
Subject(s) - medicine , genotype , blood pressure , single nucleotide polymorphism , ambulatory blood pressure , essential hypertension , snp , population , endocrinology , tyrosine hydroxylase , polymorphism (computer science) , ambulatory , heart rate , diastole , genetics , biology , gene , environmental health , dopamine
Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) overactivity is present in a large proportion of the hypertensive population and precedes the development of established hypertension. Variations in the proximal promoter of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene have been shown to influence biochemical and physiological traits in the SNS as well as hypertension.

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