Alpha globin gene copy number and incident ischemic stroke risk among Black Americans.

A Parker RuhlNeal JeffriesYu YangSteven BrooksRakhi P NaikLydia H PeckerBryan T MottCheryl A WinklerNicole D ArmstrongNeil A ZakaiOrlando M GutierrezSuzanne JuddVirginia HowardGeorge HowardMarguerite R IrvinMary CushmanHans C Ackerman

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)

gene deletions are protective. Together, these population studies suggest that the physiological roles of alpha globin may differ between the renal and cerebral vascular beds.

Keyphrases

copy number
mitochondrial dna
genome wide
dna methylation
atrial fibrillation
gene expression
transcription factor
genome wide identification