Genome-wide association study on dimethylarginines reveals novel AGXT2 variants associated with heart rate variability but not with overall mortality




Seppala I, Kleber ME, Lyytikainen LP, Hernesniemi JA, Makela KM, Oksala N, Laaksonen R, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Silbernagel G, Boehm BO, Grammer TB, Koskinen T, Juonala M, Hutri-Kahonen N, Alfthan G, Viikari JSA, Kahonen M, Raitakari OT, Marz W, Meinitzer A, Lehtimaki T

PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS

2014

European Heart Journal

EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

EUR HEART J

35

8

524

531

8

0195-668X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/eht447



Conclusions AGXT2 has an important role in SDMA metabolism in humans. AGXT2 may additionally have an unanticipated role in the autonomic nervous system regulation of cardiac function.



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