Open AccessElevated blood pressure: Our family’s fault? The genetics of essential hypertension
Author(s) -
Aniket Natekar,
Randi L Olds,
Meghann W Lau,
Kathleen Min,
Karra Imoto,
Thomas P. Slavin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v6.i5.327
Subject(s) - epigenetics , genome wide association study , genetics , medicine , candidate gene , genetic association , twin study , gene , methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase , dna methylation , single nucleotide polymorphism , bioinformatics , biology , heritability , allele , genotype , gene expression
To provide an updated review on current genetic aspects possibly affecting essential hypertension (EH), and to further elucidate their role in EH.