[HTML][HTML] Gene-centric meta-analysis in 87,736 individuals of European ancestry identifies multiple blood-pressure-related loci

V Tragante, MR Barnes, SK Ganesh… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. To investigate
genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial pressure …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K inhibitors in thrombosis and cardiovascular disease

TN Durrant, I Hers - Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are lipid kinases that regulate important
intracellular signalling and vesicle trafficking events via the generation of 3 …

Multiethnic genome-wide meta-analysis of ectopic fat depots identifies loci associated with adipocyte development and differentiation

AY Chu, X Deng, VA Fisher, A Drong, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Variation in body fat distribution contributes to the metabolic sequelae of obesity. The
genetic determinants of body fat distribution are poorly understood. The goal of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Blood pressure loci identified with a gene-centric array

T Johnson, TR Gaunt, SJ Newhouse… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
Raised blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Previous
studies have identified 47 distinct genetic variants robustly associated with BP, but …

Wide pulse pressure: a clinical review

KS Tang, ED Medeiros, AD Shah - The Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pulse pressure naturally increases over time as individuals' age due to arteriosclerosis and
diffuse vascular stiffening. However, the differential for widened pulse pressure is broad and …

[HTML][HTML] Exome sequencing-driven discovery of coding polymorphisms associated with common metabolic phenotypes

A Albrechtsen, N Grarup, Y Li, T Sparsø, G Tian, H Cao… - Diabetologia, 2013 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Human complex metabolic traits are in part regulated by genetic
determinants. Here we applied exome sequencing to identify novel associations of coding …

Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array

SK Ganesh, V Tragante, W Guo, Y Guo… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Blood pressure (BP) is a heritable determinant of risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). To
investigate genetic associations with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial …

[HTML][HTML] Gene-age interactions in blood pressure regulation: a large-scale investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia

J Simino, G Shi, JC Bis, DI Chasman, GB Ehret… - The American Journal of …, 2014 - cell.com
Although age-dependent effects on blood pressure (BP) have been reported, they have not
been systematically investigated in large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) …

Genetic basis of blood pressure and hypertension

S Padmanabhan, C Newton-Cheh, AF Dominiczak - Trends in Genetics, 2012 - cell.com
Blood pressure (BP) is a complex trait regulated by an intricate network of physiological
pathways involving extracellular fluid volume homeostasis, cardiac contractility and vascular …

Hypertension genetics past, present and future applications

KJ Olczak, V Taylor‐Bateman… - Journal of internal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Essential hypertension is a complex trait where the underlying aetiology is not completely
understood. Left untreated it increases the risk of severe health complications including …