Association study of two interleukin-1 gene loci with essential hypertension in a Pakistani Pathan population

J Hum Hypertens. 2008 Jan;22(1):60-2. doi: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002257. Epub 2007 Jul 5.

Authors

M R Khawaja¹, F Taj, D Saleheen, U Ahmad, M O Chohan, T Jafar, P M Frossard

Affiliation

¹ Medical College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.

PMID: 17611547
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002257

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Consanguinity
Humans
Hypertension / ethnology*
Hypertension / genetics*
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / genetics*
Interleukin-1beta / genetics*
Middle Aged
Pakistan
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*

Substances

IL1RN protein, human
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
Interleukin-1beta