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Purpose Mitofusin2 gene (Mfn2,also named Hyperplasia suppressive gene,HSG) is very important in the origin and development of hypertension.However,the mechanism of Mfn2/HSG expression regulation was not uncovered.This study was designed to explore the association of a novel 5—uncoding region (UCR)-1248 A>G variation of HSG/Mfn2 gene and hypertension.Materials and Methods 472 healthy,normotensive (NT group),454 prehypertensive subjects (PH group) and 978 hypertensive patients (EH group) were screened for an association study between 5—UCR—1248 A >G of Mfn2/HSG and hypertension by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing after venous blood was drawn and DNA was extracted.