Review
Nature Reviews Genetics 7, 829-840 (November 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrg1967
The genetic dissection of essential hypertension
Allen W. Cowley, Jr1 About the author
Abstract
QTL mapping in humans and rats has identified hundreds of blood-pressure-related phenotypes and genomic regions; the next daunting task is gene identification and validation. The development of novel rat model systems that mimic many elements of the human disease, coupled with advances in the genomic and informatic infrastructure for rats, promise to revolutionize the hunt for genes that determine susceptibility to hypertension. Furthermore, methods are evolving that should enable the identification of candidate genes in human populations. Together with the computational reconstruction of regulatory networks, these methods provide opportunities to significantly advance our understanding of the underlying aetiology of hypertension.
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
Correspondence to: Email: cowley@mcw.edu
Published online 10 October 2006
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