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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Known as:
Genetic Susceptibilities
, Inherited Susceptibility
, Genetic Susceptibility
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A latent susceptibility to disease at the genetic level, which may be activated under certain conditions.
National Institutes of Health
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Anticipation, Genetic
Atopy
Gene Expression
Gene-Environment Interaction
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Disease susceptibility
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Highly Cited
2020
Highly Cited
2020
Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
L. Fang
,
G. Karakiulakis
,
M. Roth
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2020
Corpus ID: 212718418
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci
D. Easton
,
K. Pooley
,
+99 authors
B. Ponder
Nature
2007
Corpus ID: 4397901
Breast cancer exhibits familial aggregation, consistent with variation in genetic susceptibility to the disease. Known…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: a genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression
L. Pezawas
,
A. Meyer-Lindenberg
,
+7 authors
D. Weinberger
Nature Neuroscience
2005
Corpus ID: 1864631
Carriers of the short allele of a functional 5′ promoter polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene have increased anxiety…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Endothelial Dysfunction: A Marker of Atherosclerotic Risk
P. Bonetti
,
L. Lerman
,
A. Lerman
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular…
2003
Corpus ID: 34213675
Abstract—Endothelial dysfunction is a systemic disorder and a key variable in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.
A. Simopoulos
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine…
2002
Corpus ID: 8170688
Review
2001
Review
2001
Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic
P. Zimmet
,
K. Alberti
,
J. Shaw
Nature
2001
Corpus ID: 4384190
Changes in human behaviour and lifestyle over the last century have resulted in a dramatic increase in the incidence of diabetes…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Obesity as a medical problem
P. Kopelman
Nature
2000
Corpus ID: 4345757
Obesity is now so common within the world's population that it is beginning to replace undernutrition and infectious diseases as…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Development of eating behaviors among children and adolescents.
L. Birch
,
J. Fisher
Pediatrics
1998
Corpus ID: 11736286
The prevalence of obesity among children is high and is increasing. We know that obesity runs in families, with children of obese…
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Review
1993
Review
1993
Stress and the individual. Mechanisms leading to disease.
B. McEwen
,
E. Stellar
Archives of internal medicine
1993
Corpus ID: 25986602
OBJECTIVE This article presents a new formulation of the relationship between stress and the processes leading to disease. It…
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Linkage of early-onset familial breast cancer to chromosome 17q21.
J. M. Hall
,
M. Lee
,
+4 authors
M. King
Science
1990
Corpus ID: 14692984
Human breast cancer is usually caused by genetic alterations of somatic cells of the breast, but occasionally, susceptibility to…
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