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SUBMITTER: Zhi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6496937 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhi Degui D Shendre Aditi A Scherzer Rebecca R Irvin Marguerite R MR Perry Rodney T RT Levy Shawn S Arnett Donna K DK Grunfeld Carl C Shrestha Sadeep S
Journal of human genetics 20141211 2
Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is a subclinical measure of atherosclerosis with mounting evidence that higher cIMT confers an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The ryanodine receptor 3 gene (RYR3) has previously been linked to increased cIMT; however, the causal variants have not yet been localized. Therefore, we sequenced 339,480 bp encompassing 104 exons and 2 kb flanking region of the RYR3 gene in 96 HIV-positive white men from the extremes of the distribution of common cIMT fr ...[more]