Genome-wide association study identifies loci and candidate genes for non-idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in Eastern Chinese Han population

Genome-wide association study identifies loci and candidate genes for non-idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in Eastern Chinese Han population

Abstract Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease characterized by proliferation and occlusion of small pulmonary arterioles, which has been associated with a high mortality rate. The pathogenesis of PH is complex and incompletely understood, which includes both genetic and environme...

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Main Authors: Caiyong Yin, Kai Li, Yanfang Yu, Huijie Huang, Youjia Yu, Zhongqun Wang, Jinchuan Yan, Yan Pu, Zheng Li, Ding Li, Peng Chen, Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Pulmonary hypertension
Nox3
Tbx4
GWAS
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0719-0

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