We identified biological pathways related to vascular smooth muscle cells and the immune system, particular inflammation, to be associated with hypertension and blood pressure. Of specific genes, we identified KMT2A (lysine methyltransferase 2A) to be central for blood pressure and hypertension development. Abbreviations: ACTB: beta-actin, ATM: ataxia-telangiectasia mutated, BP: blood pressure, EWAS: epigenome-wide association studies, KMT2A: lysine methyltransferase 2A, LMER: linear mixed effect regression, LR: linear regression, TWAS: transcriptome-wide association studies.
- Asmus Cosmos Skovgaard
- Afsaneh M. Nejad
- Mette Soerensen