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Common miR-590 Variant rs6971711 Present Only in African Americans Reduces miR-590 Biogenesis

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By Xiaoping Lin, Steven Steinberg, Suresh K. Kandasamy, Junaid Afzal, Blaid Mbiyangandu
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are recognized as important regulators of cardiac development, hypertrophy and fibrosis. Recent studies have demonstrated that genetic variations which cause alterations in miRNA:target interactions can lead to disease. We hypothesized that genetic variations in miRNAs that regulate cardiac hypertrophy/fibrosis might be involved in generation of the cardiac phenotype in patients diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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