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Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene polymorphisms and antihypertensive response to irbesartan in Chinese hypertensivesH Liu
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 30:307-12. 2008..001). Our findings suggested that SNPs and their reconstructed haplotypes in RAAS genes might be involved in the regulation of BP-lowering response to irbesartan in Chinese hypertensives...- Effects of protein coding polymorphisms in the kallikrein 1 gene on baseline blood pressure and antihypertensive response to irbesartan in Chinese hypertensive patientsS Jiang
School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China
J Hum Hypertens 25:327-33. 2011..06), but DBP response did not differ. This study suggests that rs5516 in the KLK1 gene may be involved in the development of essential hypertension and in the regulation of SBP-lowering response to irbesartan in Chinese hypertensives... 
Genetic polymorphisms of the urea transporter gene are associated with antihypertensive response to nifedipine GITSX Hong
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 29:3-10. 2007..Our study supports the conclusion that polymorphisms in the SLC14A2 gene can predict the antihypertensive efficacy of nifedipine GITS...- CYP2C9 Ile359Leu polymorphism, plasma irbesartan concentration and acute blood pressure reductions in response to irbesartan treatment in Chinese hypertensive patientsG Chen
Institute of Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Department of Pharmacology, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui, People s Republic of China
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 28:19-24. 2006..Our finding suggests that the CYP2C9*3 gene variant significantly alters the plasma concentration and acute DBP response at the 6-h point following irbesartan treatment in Chinese hypertensive patients... - Effects of MTHFR and MS gene polymorphisms on baseline blood pressure and Benazepril effectiveness in Chinese hypertensive patientsS Jiang
School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei, China
J Hum Hypertens 25:172-7. 2011..Our results suggest that the effects of MTHFR C677T and MS A2756G gene polymorphisms may have pivotal roles in the aetiology of EH and BP response to Benazepril treatment... - Effect of folic acid intervention on ALT concentration in hypertensives without known hepatic disease: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trialX Qin
Institute of Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Eur J Clin Nutr 66:541-8. 2012..We addressed the question of whether folic acid (FA) supplementation can affect serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level in hypertensive Chinese adults... - The C677T polymorphism of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene is associated with the level of decrease on diastolic blood pressure in essential hypertension patients treated by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorShanqun Jiang
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Thromb Res 113:361-9. 2004..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether short-term blood pressure control by benazepril, an ACE inhibitor, was modulated by C677T MTHFR gene polymorphism... - D919G polymorphism of methionine synthase gene is associated with blood pressure response to benazepril in Chinese hypertensive patientsYan Zhang
Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, 100034, Beijing, China
J Hum Genet 49:296-301. 2004..Our finding suggests that the D919G polymorphism of the MTR gene may be a useful genetic marker to predict the antihypertensive effect of short-term benazepril therapy in hypertensive patients of Anhui Province, China... - Association between the interleukin-1beta C(-511)T polymorphism and blood pressure in a Chinese hypertensive populationGuo Huang
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
Immunol Lett 91:159-62. 2004..Our results suggested a significant role of the IL-1beta C(-511)T polymorphism in the control of blood pressure in Chinese hypertensives... - Association between human atrial natriuretic peptide Val7Met polymorphism and baseline blood pressure, plasma trough irbesartan concentrations, and the antihypertensive efficacy of irbesartan in rural Chinese patients with essential hypertensionShanchun Zhang
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Clin Ther 27:1774-84. 2005..The ANP gene, which encodes the precursor of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), is among the candidate genes for genetic susceptibility to hypertension... - CYP2C9*3 allelic variant is associated with metabolism of irbesartan in Chinese populationXiumei Hong
Life Science School, University of Science and Technology of China, Huangshan Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 61:627-34. 2005.... - Beta2 adrenergic receptor gene Arg16Gly polymorphism is associated with therapeutic efficacy of benazepril on essential hypertension in ChineseGuo Huang
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Clin Exp Hypertens 26:581-92. 2004..This study examined whether the therapeutic efficacy of benazepril on essential hypertension is modified by beta2 adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB2) Arg16Gly (R16G) polymorphism... - Prolylcarboxypeptidase gene, chronic hypertension, and risk of preeclampsiaLin Wang
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:162-71. 2006..Prolylcarboxypeptidase encodes a lysosomal enzyme and is a regulator for both renin-angiotensin system and the kallikrein-kinin system. There is no published study on prolylcarboxypeptidase gene and preeclampsia... - Associations of baseline blood pressure levels and efficacy of Benazepril treatment with interaction of alpha-adducin and ACE gene polymorphisms in hypertensivesYunxian Yu
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Clin Exp Hypertens 27:83-94. 2005..Our results suggested that the interaction effect of alpha-adducin Gly460Trp and ACE I/D polymorphisms might play a significant role in regulating baseline BP but not BP response to Benazepril... - Association of cigarette smoking with steady-state plasma concentration of irbesartan in male Chinese with hypertensionShanchun Zhang
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 27:173-8. 2005..The metabolic rate of irbesartan in current smokers was slower than those in nonsmokers and former smokers... - A common haplotype on methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene modifies the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on blood pressure in essential hypertension patients--a family-based association studyShanqun Jiang
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Clin Exp Hypertens 27:509-21. 2005..009 in an additive model and 0.006 in a dominant model. Our findings suggest that MTHFR 677C-1298C haplotype modulate blood pressure responsiveness to shortterm treatment of ACE inhibitor in Chinese essential hypertensive patients... - Individual and joint association of alpha1A-adrenergic receptor Arg347Cys polymorphism and plasma irbesartan concentration with blood pressure therapeutic response in Chinese hypertensive subjectsShanqun Jiang
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, Hefei, People s Republic of China
Clin Pharmacol Ther 78:239-48. 2005.... - Hypertensive patients from two rural Chinese counties respond differently to benazepril: the Anhui Hypertension Health Care StudyDong Li
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology in China, Hefei, China
Ann Epidemiol 14:123-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that adjustment of treatment regimen is necessary to improve efficacy, and it could be done at the population level to make it more feasible and affordable... - Lack of association between rs7566605 and obesity in a Chinese populationYan Feng
Hum Genet 120:743-5. 2007 - Familial aggregation of metabolic syndrome and its components in a large Chinese populationYan Feng
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:125-9. 2008..To investigate the familial aggregation of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in the Chinese... 
Ser1369Ala variant in sulfonylurea receptor gene ABCC8 is associated with antidiabetic efficacy of gliclazide in Chinese type 2 diabetic patientsYan Feng
Anhui Biomedical Institute, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Diabetes Care 31:1939-44. 2008..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether genetic variants could influence the antidiabetic efficacy of gliclazide in type 2 diabetic patients...- G protein-coupled receptor 154 gene polymorphism is associated with airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in a Chinese populationYan Feng
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:612-7. 2006..A new asthma susceptibility gene, the G protein-coupled receptor for asthma susceptibility (GPRA, GPR154), has recently been identified and the association was replicated in 2 white populations, but not in a Korean population... - Short sleep duration and adiposity in Chinese adolescentsYunxian Yu
The Mary Ann and J Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital and Children s Memorial Research Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614 3394, USA
Sleep 30:1688-97. 2007..To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and adiposity measurements in rural Chinese adolescents... - Relation of body composition, fat mass, and serum lipids to osteoporotic fractures and bone mineral density in Chinese men and womenYi-Hsiang Hsu
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:146-54. 2006..Thus, fat mass has a negative effect on bone mass in contrast with the positive effect of weight-bearing itself... - Monozygotic co-twin analyses of body composition measurements and serum lipidsBinyan Wang
Mary Ann J Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Prev Med 45:358-65. 2007..To evaluate BMI and direct measures of body fat (BF) and lean body mass (LBM) in relation to fasting serum lipid profiles in a large Chinese population based twin sample using a monozygotic (MZ) co-twin analysis... - Heart rate-corrected QT interval duration is significantly associated with blood pressure in Chinese hypertensivesShaojie Peng
Institute of Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
J Electrocardiol 39:206-10. 2006..4 and 5.0 mm Hg in men and 3.7 and 2.5 mm Hg in women, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrated a significant positive relationship between the QTc interval and baseline blood pressure in a Chinese hypertensive population... - Effects of age at menarche, reproductive years, and menopause on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseasesYan Feng
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Atherosclerosis 196:590-7. 2008..The impact of changes in some metabolic risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after menopause remains controversial and ageing is an important confounder... - Age and gender specific lung function predictive equations provide similar predictions for both a twin population and a general population from age 6 through adolescenceYunxian Yu
Mary Ann and J Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Children s Memorial Hospital and Children s Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 42:631-9. 2007..We sought to evaluate this in late childhood and adolescent subjects... - Bronchodilator responses in Chinese children from asthma index families and the general populationRajesh Kumar
Division of Allergy, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612-0064, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:1257-63. 2006..CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Because BDR can be affected by multiple factors, interpretation of clinical or research findings on BDR needs to take these factors into consideration... - Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its relation to body composition in a Chinese rural populationYan Feng
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, FXB-101, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:2089-98. 2006..Significant gender differences in MetS prevalence were observed. The waist circumference is a good surrogate for abdominal fat percentage... - Environmental pyrethroid and organophosphorus insecticide exposures and sperm concentrationMelissa J Perry
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Reprod Toxicol 23:113-8. 2007.... - Association of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism and fracture risk in Chinese postmenopausal womenXiumei Hong
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Huangshan Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Bone 40:737-42. 2007..Further study on the mechanistic role that this polymorphism plays in the development of fractures may lead to better understanding of the etiology of osteoporotic fracture... - An efficient family-based association test using multiple markersXin Xu
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Genet Epidemiol 30:620-6. 2006..However, when both parents are missing, T(MM) is substantially more powerful than T(H). We also apply this new test on a data set from a previous association study on nicotine dependence... - CYP19A1 polymorphisms are associated with bone mineral density in Chinese menXiumei Hong
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Huangshan Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
Hum Genet 121:491-500. 2007..Our finding suggests that genetic variations in the CYP19A1 gene are significantly associated with BMD at different skeletal sites in adult men, but not in women... - Impact of seafood and fruit consumption on bone mineral densityPierre A Zalloua
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Maturitas 56:1-11. 2007..We investigated environmental determinants, specifically dietary habits, of BMD by using multiple regression models in a rural Chinese population... - Preconception B-vitamin and homocysteine status, conception, and early pregnancy lossAlayne G Ronnenberg
Department of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:304-12. 2007..7, 95% CI: 0.4, 1.1) than did women with vitamin B6 deficiency. Poor vitamin B6 status appears to decrease the probability of conception and to contribute to the risk of early pregnancy loss in this population... - Familial aggregation of forearm bone mineral density in ChineseXiumei Hong
Center for Population Genetics, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health M C 923, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor, Rm 978B, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 22:335-41. 2007..Our findings showing strong familial aggregation of both proximal and distal forearm BMD values suggest that genetic factors play a significant role in determining both traits... - Prevalence and physical determinants of low back pain in a rural Chinese populationLope H Barrero
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Spine 31:2728-34. 2006..We found evidence of a link between physical exposures and LBP, and LBP with additional musculoskeletal pain. Further understanding of the characteristics and risk factors of LBP in rural developing areas is needed... - Familial aggregation of airway responsiveness: a community-based studyKe Hao
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:737-43. 2005..72-9.87), compared with subsequent offspring whose mother and eldest sibling were negative in the test. CONCLUSION: Our study supports a familial clustering of AHR in a Chinese population, which points to a role for genetic factors... - Variation in genes involved in the RANKL/RANK/OPG bone remodeling pathway are associated with bone mineral density at different skeletal sites in menYi Hsiang Hsu
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, FXB 101, Boston, MA, USA
Hum Genet 118:568-77. 2006..Our findings suggest that genetic variation in genes involved in the RANKL/RANK/OPG bone remodeling pathway are strongly associated with BMD at different skeletal sites in adult men, but not in women... - Parental exposure to organic solvents and reduced birth weightEunhee Ha
Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Woman s Medical University, Seoul, South Korea
Arch Environ Health 57:207-14. 2002..Maternal exposure to organic solvents was associated with reduced birth weight in this population, but paternal exposure to organic solvents was not similarly associated... - [Association of estrogen receptor gene polymorphism with cerebral infarction, a case-control study]Yan Zhang
Department of Neurology, Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 82:1443-6. 2002..To explore the association between estrogen receptor (ER) gene PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms and cerebral infarction among Chinese Han people... - Does standing at work during pregnancy result in reduced infant birth weight?Eunhee Ha
J Occup Environ Med 44:815-21. 2002..After adjusting for potential confounders, maternal standing hours per day at work was found to be significantly associated with reduced birth weight (-17.7 g, P = 0.03)... - Association of asthma with beta(2)-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism and cigarette smokingXiping Xu
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:775. 2002 - Exposure-response relationship between paternal smoking and children's pulmonary functionXiping Xu
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:775. 2002 - Asthma, rhinitis, and skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in families of asthmatic subjects in Anqing, ChinaXiping Xu
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:774-5. 2002 - Familial aggregation of bronchodilator response: a community-based studyXiping Xu
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:774. 2002 - Comparison of self-assessment of solvent exposure with measurement and professional assessment for female petrochemical workers in ChinaYe A Hu
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 41:483-9. 2002..The primary objective of this paper is to examine the validity of self-assessment of solvent exposure by comparing it with professional assessment and actual measurements... - [The distributive features of three kinds of metabolic genes polymorphisms in population of Han nationality in south area of China]Jing Shen
School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029 P R China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 19:302-7. 2002..To find out the distributive features of some metabolic genes polymorphisms in Han population of south area of China... - [Association between alpha-1-antichymotrypsin gene polymorphism and cerebral hemorrhage]Yu Fu
Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 82:915-7. 2002..To explore the association between alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) gene A/T polymorphism and cerebral hemorrhage among Chinese people... - Preconception folate and vitamin B(6) status and clinical spontaneous abortion in Chinese womenAlayne G Ronnenberg
Department of Environmental Health, Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:107-13. 2002..To assess the association between preconception homocysteine and B vitamin status and risk of clinical spontaneous abortion in women from Anqing, China... - Insertion/deletion polymorphism of the ACE gene is associated with type 2 diabetesYan Feng
Division of Endocrinology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University, Beijing, China
Diabetes 51:1986-8. 2002..77, P = 0.03), suggesting that the DD genotype is associated with an increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in our study population... - Particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and daily mortality in Chongqing, ChinaScott A Venners
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-6096, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:562-7. 2003..11-1.30). The relative risks of mortality due to cancer and other causes were insignificant on both days. The estimated effects of mean daily SO2 on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality risk remained after controlling for PM2.5... - Association between polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene and early smoking onset: an interaction risk on nicotine dependenceDaijun Ling
School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, PR China
J Hum Genet 49:35-9. 2004.... - Body mass index and serum 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane in nulliparous Chinese womenMelissa J Perry
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Room 1413, Building 1, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2433-8. 2005..We investigated the relationship of BMI with serum DDT/DDE accounting for other determinants of exposure among women with relatively recent environmental exposures to DDT... - Preconception serum DDT and pregnancy loss: a prospective study using a biomarker of pregnancyScott A Venners
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:709-16. 2005..In this population, there was a positive, monotonic, exposure-response association between preconception serum total DDT and the risk of subsequent early pregnancy losses... - Preconception hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations are associated with pregnancy outcome in a prospective cohort of Chinese womenAlayne G Ronnenberg
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
J Nutr 134:2586-91. 2004..9, 5.7; P = 0.09) and FGR (OR: 2.7; 95% CI: 1.3, 5.6; P = 0.008). Preconception anemia, particularly iron-deficiency anemia, was associated with reduced infant growth and increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcome in Chinese women... - Effect of environmental tobacco smoke on levels of urinary hormone markersChangzhong Chen
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:412-7. 2005..In conclusion, ETS exposure was associated with significantly lower urinary E1C levels among nonconception cycles, suggesting that the adverse reproductive effect of ETS may act partly through its antiestrogen effects... - Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the KCNS3 gene are significantly associated with airway hyperresponsivenessKe Hao
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue FXB 101, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Genet 116:378-83. 2005..Haplotype analysis also detected significant association (P=0.006). Our findings suggest that SNPs located at the 3' downstream region of KCNS3 have a significant role in the etiology of AHR... - PON1 polymorphism, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and risk of myocardial infarction: Modifying effect of diabetes mellitus and obesity on the association between PON1 polymorphism and myocardial infarctionJianping Li
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genet Med 7:58-63. 2005..We investigated the association between PON1 Q192R polymorphism and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and in particular, whether the association can be modified by diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity... - Genetic variants of the lipoprotein lipase gene and myocardial infarction in the Central Valley of Costa RicaYadong Yang
Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Lipid Res 45:2106-9. 2004..The X447 mutant allele of the LPL gene may protect from MI risk, although this effect is small... - A common haplotype of the nicotine acetylcholine receptor alpha 4 subunit gene is associated with vulnerability to nicotine addiction in menYan Feng
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Hum Genet 75:112-21. 2004..31, P<.005) or RTQ scores (Z=-2.73, P=.006). Our findings provide strong evidence suggesting a common CHRNA4 haplotype might be protective against vulnerability to nicotine addiction in men... - Paternal smoking and pregnancy loss: a prospective study using a biomarker of pregnancyScott A Venners
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:993-1001. 2004..93 (95% CI: 0.72, 1.20) and for group 3 was 0.78 (95% CI: 0.55, 1.12). The authors conclude that heavy paternal smoking increased the risk of early pregnancy loss through maternal and/or paternal exposure... - A candidate gene association study on preterm delivery: application of high-throughput genotyping technology and advanced statistical methodsKe Hao
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Mol Genet 13:683-91. 2004.... - beta(3) Adrenergic receptor polymorphism and obesity-related phenotypes in hypertensive patientsKe Hao
Institute of Biomedicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Obes Res 12:125-30. 2004..The current study assessed the association between the W64R genotype and obesity-related phenotypes, including body weight, BMI, and serum triglycerides, cholesterol, and glucose... - Power estimation of multiple SNP association test of case-control study and applicationKe Hao
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genet Epidemiol 26:22-30. 2004..0250 by using Cochran-Armitage chi(2)s as "starting" statistics in the procedure. In the following single point analysis, SNPs on IL1RN, IL1R2, ESR1, Factor 5, and OPRM1 genes were identified as possible risk factors in PTD... - Bayesian haplotype inference for multiple linked single-nucleotide polymorphismsTianhua Niu
Program for Population Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Hum Genet 70:157-69. 2002....
Research Grants
- ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES AND HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2003..S.; and (9) the population possesses unique characteristics for examining the proposed hypothesis, i.e., a stable workforce, a non-smoking group and excellent compliance rates. ..
- GENETIC EPIDIMOLOGY OF OSTEOPOROSISXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2005..OS (Osteoporosis in Men) studies. ..
- POSITIONAL CANDIDATE GENE APPROACHES IN ASTHMA GENE DISCXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2006..The findings from the proposed study may lead to improved strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this disease. (End of Abstract.) ..
- Establishing the Precursors of Osteoporosis in ChildrenXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Establishing the Precursors of Osteoporosis in ChildrenXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- GENETICS OF AIRWAY RESPONSIVENESS AND LUNG FUNCTIONXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- GENETICS OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS INTERMEDIATE PHENOTYPESXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2001..Thus, the genetic factors contributing to hypertension in this population may be less heterogeneous and more readily detected. ..
- Establishing the Precursors of Osteoporosis in ChildrenXiping Xu; Fiscal Year: 2010....