α1A-Adrenergic receptor polymorphism
Xie H, Kim R, Stein C, Gainer J, Brown N, Wood A. α1A-Adrenergic receptor polymorphism. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics 1999, 9: 651-656. PMID: 10591546, DOI: 10.1097/00008571-199910000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha1A-ARAfrican AmericansPrevalence of hypertensionPathogenesis of hypertensionAlpha1-adrenergic receptorsAlpha1-AR subtypesVascular smooth muscleCaucasian individualsEthnic differencesVasoconstrictor sensitivityVascular reactivityAlpha1-ARBlood pressureEssential hypertensionHypertensive individualsVascular responsesVascular toneReceptor polymorphismsSmooth muscleHypertensionSignificant intergenotypic differencesPotential roleRestriction fragment length polymorphismAllelic distributionFragment length polymorphism