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, Georg B Ehret, Patricia B Munroe

|September 13, 2011

Resumen

Este estudio de asociación de todo el genoma identificó 16 nuevas regiones genéticas que influyen en la presión arterial. Una puntuación de riesgo genético relacionó estas variantes con la hipertensión y las enfermedades cardiovasculares.

Área de la Ciencia:

Genética La genética.
Fisiología cardiovascular fisiología cardiovascular.
Salud Pública La salud pública.

Sus antecedentes:

La hipertensión afecta a más de mil millones de personas en todo el mundo.
La presión arterial elevada aumenta el riesgo de eventos cardiovasculares.
La presión arterial es un rasgo hereditario influenciado por la genética y el medio ambiente.

Objetivo del estudio:

Identificar nuevos loci genéticos asociados con la presión arterial.
Para investigar la asociación de la puntuación de riesgo genético con la hipertensión y condiciones relacionadas.
Para explorar la genética de la presión arterial a través de diversas ascendencias.

Principales métodos:

Estudio de asociación de todo el genoma en varias etapas (GWAS) en 200.000 individuos europeos.
Análisis de la presión arterial sistólica y diastólica.
Desarrollo y validación de una puntuación de riesgo genético utilizando 29 variantes.

Principales resultados:

Identificaron 16 nuevos loci genéticos que influyen en la presión arterial.
Seis loci contenían genes reguladores conocidos de la presión arterial; diez proporcionaron nuevos conocimientos.
El puntaje de riesgo genético asociado con la hipertensión, el grosor de la pared ventricular izquierda, el accidente cerebrovascular y la enfermedad de la arteria coronaria.
Se observaron asociaciones cruzadas de ancestros con la presión arterial.

Conclusiones:

Nuevos conocimientos sobre la genética y la fisiología de la presión arterial.
Potencial para nuevos objetivos terapéuticos para la prevención de enfermedades cardiovasculares.
La puntuación de riesgo genético es un predictor significativo de la hipertensión y los resultados cardiovasculares.

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