2019
Usefulness of COMT gene polymorphisms in North African populations
Boussetta S, Cherni L, Pakstis AJ, Ben Salem N, Elkamel S, Khodjet-El-Khil H, Kidd KK, Elgaaied ABA. Usefulness of COMT gene polymorphisms in North African populations. Gene 2019, 696: 186-196. PMID: 30790653, DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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