Nature

Association of the angiotensin II type I receptor gene +1166 A>C polymorphism with hypertension risk: evidence from a meta-analysis of 16474 subjects

Three searching engines, including MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science, were employed. The last search was conducted on 25 February 2010. As a prerequisite, all tracked reports were restricted to ...
Nature

C allele of angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene A1166C polymorphism affects plasma adiponectin concentrations in healthy young Japanese women

Angiotensin II and its type 1 receptor (AT1R) are both expressed in the adipose tissue and involved in the genesis of atherosclerosis as well as hypertension. However, the influence of the AT1R gene ...
InfoWorld

How to implement polymorphism in C#

Polymorphism refers to the ability to present the same interface for different forms. Although the concept of polymorphism is the same in all programming languages that support it, its implementation ...
InfoWorld

How to work with operator overloading in C#

Operator overloading or ad-hoc polymorphism lets you work with user defined types much the same way you work with fundamental data types Polymorphism is one of the basic principles of OOP (Object ...
EurekAlert!

miR-618 rs2682818 C>A polymorphism decreases neuroblastoma risk in tumors originating from the adrenal gland

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression by either degrading or inhibiting the translation of mRNAs and have significant roles in the development of various ...
JSTOR Daily

Interaction between the C(-344)T polymorphism of CYP11B2 and alcohol consumption on the risk of essential hypertension in a Chinese Mongolian population

The present study aimed to explore gene-gene and gene-environment interactions among three candidate genes and several environmental risk factors, and their impacts on hypertension in Chinese ...