Gene environment interaction of GALNT2 and APOE gene with hypertension in the Chinese Han Population

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 18–21 August 2015, Shanghai, China

Guest editors: Feng Liu, Dong-Hoon Lee, Ricardo Lagoa and Sandeep Kumar

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Xuejuan^a | Zhao, Haiping^b | Zhang, Jietao^a | Han, Di^a | Zheng, Yu^a | Guo, Xiaozi^a | He, Dian^b | Guo, Jin^{b; *} | Wang, Yingcui^{c; *}

Affiliations: [a] General Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China | [b] School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, 10 Xitoutiao, Youanmen Wai, Fengtai Dist, Beijing, China | [c] Cardiovascular Centre, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, No.758, Hefei Road, Shibei Dist, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Jin Guo, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, 10 Xitoutiao, Youanmen Wai, Fengtai Dist, Beijing, China. Tel.: +86-010-83911778; Fax: +86-010-83911778; E-mail: [email protected]. Yingcui Wang, Cardiovascular Centre, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, No.758, Hefei Road, Shibei Dist, Qingdao, Shandong, China. Tel.: +86-0532-66850662; Fax: +86-0532-81726339; E-mail: [email protected].

Note: [1] The first two authors contributed equally to this study. Moreover, there is no competing interest in this paper.

Keywords: Gene polymorphisms, GALNT2, APOE, hypertension, China

DOI: 10.3233/BME-151501

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 26, no. s1, pp. S1977-S1983, 2015