A key artery located in the front of the neck that carries blood from the heart to the brain. Cholesterol plaques on the inner wall of the carotid artery can lead to stroke. (BRENDA Tissue and Enzyme Source Ontology, BTO_0000168)
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11 genes associated with the trait Carotid Arteries in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the dbGAP Gene-Trait Associations dataset.