2011
High altitude adaptation in Daghestani populations from the Caucasus
Pagani L, Ayub Q, MacArthur DG, Xue Y, Baillie JK, Chen Y, Kozarewa I, Turner DJ, Tofanelli S, Bulayeva K, Kidd K, Paoli G, Tyler-Smith C. High altitude adaptation in Daghestani populations from the Caucasus. Human Genetics 2011, 131: 423-433. PMID: 21904933, PMCID: PMC3312735, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1084-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
A variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3) associated with AMS susceptibility is less common in the Quechua, a high altitude Native population.
Wang P, Ha AY, Kidd KK, Koehle MS, Rupert JL. A variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3) associated with AMS susceptibility is less common in the Quechua, a high altitude Native population. High Altitude Medicine & Biology 2010, 11: 27-30. PMID: 20367485, DOI: 10.1089/ham.2009.1054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-altitude pulmonary edemaEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseAcute mountain sicknessNitric oxideG alleleEndothelial nitric oxide synthase geneAltitude-related illnessesG894T polymorphismNitric oxide synthase geneNitric oxide synthaseAltitude pulmonary edemaOxide synthase geneNOS3 genotypesPulmonary edemaOxide synthaseVascular enzymeMountain sicknessT polymorphismBlood flowAltitude toleranceNOS3AMS susceptibilityHypoxic environmentHigh-altitude native populationsEnvironmental hypoxia
2003
Selective Pressure has not Acted Against Hypercoagulability Alleles in High‐Altitude Amerindians
Rupert J, Monsalve M, Kidd K, Tan C, Hochachka P, Devine D. Selective Pressure has not Acted Against Hypercoagulability Alleles in High‐Altitude Amerindians. Annals Of Human Genetics 2003, 67: 426-432. PMID: 12940916, DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00043.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAltitudeGene FrequencyGenotypeHumansIndians, South AmericanSelection, GeneticThrombophiliaGenetic Polymorphisms in the Renin‐Angiotensin System in High‐Altitude and Low‐Altitude Native American Populations
Rupert J, Kidd K, Norman L, Monsalve M, Hochachka P, Devine D. Genetic Polymorphisms in the Renin‐Angiotensin System in High‐Altitude and Low‐Altitude Native American Populations. Annals Of Human Genetics 2003, 67: 17-25. PMID: 12556231, DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00004.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research