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Table 6 Candidate genes for loci associated with arterial stiffness (cfPWV) in humans

From: Sex-specific genetic determinants for arterial stiffness in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats

Cohort

Sig

H-Position

Symbol

Description

Rat Position

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr15: 90.9 Mbp

FURIN

Paired basic amino acid cleaving enzyme

Chr1: 142.2 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr15: 98.6 Mbp

IGF1R

Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor

Chr1: 128.9 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr15: 99.6 Mbp

MEF2A

Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2A

Chr1: 128.4 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr15: 101.2 Mbp

CHSY1

Chondroitin synthase 1

Chr1: 127.0 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr15: 101.3 Mbp

PACE4

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 6

Chr1: 126.7 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr2: 70.7 Mbp

ADD2

β-adducin

Chr4: 117.7 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr2: 75.0 Mbp

TACR1

Neurokinin-1 receptor

Chr4: 113.2 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr2: 96.1 Mbp

ADRA2B

α-2B adrenergic receptor

Chr3: 119.8 Mbp

Framingham

Suggestive

Chr7: 22.7 Mbp

IL6

Interleukin-6

Chr4: 3.0 Mbp

Europe

Significant

Chr14: 99.2 Mbp

3′-BCL11B gene desert

3′-B-cell CLL/lymphoma 11B (zinc finger protein) gene desert

Chr6: 131.9 Mbp

  1. cfPWV carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, Sig significance, Chr chromosome, Mbp mega base pairs, H-Position human position as per NCBI Human Genome Assembly Annotation Release 106; Rat position as per NCBI Rat Genome Assembly Annotation Release 105. Framingham cohort (1480 participants) as reported by [2]; European cohort (20634 participants) as reported by [32]