Association Between SAH , an Acyl-CoA Synthetase Gene, and Hypertriglyceridemia, Obesity, and Hypertension
Author(s) -
Naoharu Iwai,
Tomohiro Katsuya,
Toshifumi Mannami,
Jitsuo Higaki,
Toshio Ogihara,
Koichi Kokame,
Jun Ogata,
Shunroku Baba
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/hc0102.101780
Subject(s) - hypertriglyceridemia , medicine , endocrinology , blood pressure , exon , triglyceride , genetics , biology , cholesterol , gene
The SA gene (SAH) has been isolated by differential screening from a genetically hypertensive rat strain as a candidate gene that may contribute to hypertension. Recently, the SA protein has been reported to be highly homologous to bovine xenobiotic-metabolizing medium-chain fatty acid:CoA ligase.
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