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SUBMITTER: Chen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2914391 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yuqing Y Lipkowitz Michael S MS Salem Rany M RM Fung Maple M MM Bhatnagar Vibha V Mahata Manjula M Nievergelt Caroline M CM Rao Fangwen F Mahata Sushil K SK Schork Nicholas J NJ Hicks Pamela J PJ Bowden Donald W DW Freedman Barry I BI Brophy Victoria H VH O'Connor Daniel T DT
American journal of nephrology 20100519 1
<h4>Background</h4>African-Americans are likely to develop hypertension and hypertensive nephrosclerosis. This grave prognosis, coupled with familial aggregation of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Blacks, prompts a search for genetic risk factors for ESRD. Recent evidence implicates a crucial role for the sympathetic nervous system in progressive renal disease.<h4>Methods</h4>We used the African-American Study of Kidney Disease to probe whether beta2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) predicts glomer ...[more]