A Genome-Wide Methylation Study on Essential Hypertension in Young African American Males

Xiaoling Wang; Bonita Falkner; Haidong Zhu; Huidong Shi; Shaoyong Su; Xiaojing Xu; Ashok Kumar Sharma; Yanbin Dong; Frank Treiber; Bernard Gutin; Gregory Harshfield; Harold Snieder

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053938

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A Genome-Wide Methylation Study on Essential Hypertension in Young African American Males

Xiaoling Wang ,

* E-mail: xwang@georgiahealth.edu

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Bonita Falkner,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Haidong Zhu,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Huidong Shi,

Affiliation The Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Shaoyong Su,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Xiaojing Xu,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Ashok Kumar Sharma,

Affiliation Center for Biotechnology & Genomic Medicine, School of Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Yanbin Dong,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Frank Treiber,

Affiliation Technology Applications Center for Healthful Lifestyles, Colleges Of Nursing and Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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Bernard Gutin,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Gregory Harshfield,

Affiliation Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
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Harold Snieder

Affiliation Unit of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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A Genome-Wide Methylation Study on Essential Hypertension in Young African American Males

Xiaoling Wang,
Bonita Falkner,
Haidong Zhu,
Huidong Shi,
Shaoyong Su,
Xiaojing Xu,
Ashok Kumar Sharma,
Yanbin Dong,
Frank Treiber,
Bernard Gutin

Published: January 10, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053938

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