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  • Rana, B. K., Wessel, J., Mahboubi, V., Rao, F. W., Haeller, J., Gayen, J. R., Eskin, E., Valle, A. M., Das, M., Mahata, S. K., Taupenot, L., Stridsberg, M., et al. Natural variation within the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor cluster on human chromosome 15q24: Influence on heritable autonomic traits in twin pairs Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  2009 331:419-428  DOI:10.1124/jpet.109.157271  PMID:19671882  PMCID:PMC2775266
  • Chen, Y., Rao, F., Rodriguez-Flores, J. L., Mahapatra, N. R., Mahata, M., Wen, G., Salem, R. M., Shih, P. A. B., Das, M., Schork, N. J., Ziegler, M. G., Hamilton, B. A., et al. Common genetic variants in the chromogranin a promoter alter autonomic activity and blood pressure Kidney International  2008 74:115-125  DOI:10.1038/ki.2008.113  PMID:18432188  PMCID:PMC2576285
  • Fung, M. M., Nguyen, C., Mehtani, P., Salem, R. M., Perez, B., Thomas, B., Das, M., Schork, N. J., Mahata, S. K., Ziegler, M. G., O'Connor, D. T. Genetic variation within adrenergic pathways determines in vivo effects of presynaptic stimulation in humans Circulation  2008 117:517-525  DOI:10.1161/circulationaha.107.706317  PMID:18180394  PMCID:PMC2628716
  • Chen, Y. Q., Rao, F. W., Rodriguez-Flores, J. L., Mahata, M., Fung, M. M., Stridsberg, M., Vaingankar, S. M., Wen, G., Salem, R. M., Das, M., Cockburn, M. G., Schork, N. J., et al. Naturally occurring human genetic variation in the 3 '-untranslated region of the secretory protein chromogranin a is associated with autonomic blood pressure regulation and hypertension in a sex-dependent fashion Journal of the American College of Cardiology  2008 52:1468-1481  DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.047  PMID:19017515  PMCID:PMC2659417
  • Wen, G., Wessel, J., Zhou, W., Ehret, G. B., Rao, F., Stridsberg, M., Mahata, S. K., Gent, P. M., Das, M., Cooper, R. S., Chakravarti, A., Zhou, H., et al. An ancestral variant of secretogranin ii confers regulation by phox2 transcription factors and association with hypertension Human Molecular Genetics  2007 16:1752-1764  DOI:10.1093/hmg/ddm123  PMID:17584765  PMCID:PMC2695823
  • Rao, F., Wen, G., Gayen, J. R., Das, M., Vaingankar, S. M., Rana, B. K., Mahata, M., Kennedy, B. P., Salem, R. M., Stridsberg, M., Abel, K., Smith, D. W., et al. Catecholamine release-inhibitory peptide catestatin (chromogranin a(352-372)) - naturally occurring amino acid variant gly364ser causes profound changes in human autonomic activity and alters risk for hypertension Circulation  2007 115:2271-2281  DOI:10.1161/circulationaha.106.628859  PMID:17438154
  • Zhang, L., Rao, F., Zhang, K., Khandrika, S., Das, M., Vaingankar, S. M., Bao, X., Rana, B. K., Smith, D. W., Wessel, J., Salem, R. M., Rodriguez-Flores, J. L., et al. Discovery of common human genetic variants of gtp cyclohydrolase 1 (gch1) governing nitric oxide, autonomic activity, and cardiovascular risk Journal of Clinical Investigation  2007 117:2658-2671  DOI:10.1172/jci31093  PMID:17717598
  • Rao, F., Zhang, L., Wessel, J., Zhang, K., Wen, G., Kennedy, B. P., Rana, B. K., Das, M., Rodriguez-Flores, J. L., Smith, D. W., Cadman, P. E., Salem, R. M., et al. Tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis - discovery of common human genetic variants governing transcription, autonomic activity, and blood pressure in vivo Circulation  2007 116:993-1006  DOI:10.1161/circulationaha.106.682302  PMID:17698732