2000
Human β2‐adrenergic receptor polymorphisms: No association with essential hypertension in black or white Americans
Xie H, Stein C, Kim R, Gainer J, Sofowora G, Dishy V, Brown N, Goree R, Haines J, Wood A. Human β2‐adrenergic receptor polymorphisms: No association with essential hypertension in black or white Americans. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2000, 67: 670-675. PMID: 10872649, DOI: 10.1067/mcp.2000.106293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertensive subjectsEssential hypertensionGlu27 alleleBeta2-adrenergic receptor genotypesBeta2-adrenergic receptor polymorphismsWhite subjectsReceptor variantsBeta2-adrenergic receptor geneNormotensive white subjectsPresence of hypertensionBlack subjectsHomozygous genotypeBeta2-adrenergic receptorCommon genetic polymorphismsHypertensive groupNormotensive subjectsBlood pressurePopulation-based case-control association studiesVascular responsesCase-control association studyReceptor polymorphismsReceptor genotypeHypertensionReceptor responsesHuman beta2-adrenergic receptor
1999
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 polymorphismα1A-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. DOI: 10.1097/01213011-199910000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchΑ1A-ARAfrican AmericansPrevalence of hypertensionPathogenesis of hypertensionVascular smooth muscleΑ1-adrenergic receptorsΑ1-adrenergic responsesCaucasian individualsEthnic differencesΑ1-AR subtypesVasoconstrictor sensitivityVascular reactivityBlood pressureEssential hypertensionHypertensive individualsVascular responsesVascular toneΑ1-ARReceptor polymorphismsSmooth muscleHypertensionSignificant intergenotypic differencesPotential roleRestriction fragment length polymorphismAllelic distribution
1997
Angiotensin II type I Receptor polymorphism in African Americans lower frequency of the C1166 variant
Gainer J, Hunley T, Kon V, Nadeau J, Muldowney J, Brown N. Angiotensin II type I Receptor polymorphism in African Americans lower frequency of the C1166 variant. IUBMB Life 1997, 43: 227-231. PMID: 9315301, DOI: 10.1080/15216549700204001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC1166 variantAngiotensin II type I receptorAfrican AmericansNormotensive African AmericansType I receptorReceptor polymorphismsAfrican American populationCaucasian subjectsI receptorSubstitution polymorphismCaucasiansAmerican populationHypertensionLow frequencyPolymorphismAmericansVariantsReceptors