Article
Genetic analysis of MMP3, MMP9, and PAI-1 in Finnish patients with abdominal aortic or intracranial aneurysms.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Nov 1999
Yoon S, Tromp G, Vongpunsawad S, Ronkainen A, Juvonen T, Kuivaniemi H
Abstract excerpt
MMP3, MMP9, and PAI-1 are present at increased levels in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The promoters of these genes contain polymorphisms, with alleles that exhibit different transcriptional activities in vitro. Association studies were performed using these polymorphisms and DNA isolated from 47 AAA patients, 57 intracranial aneurysm (IA) patients, and 174 controls, all from Finland. PAI-1 and MMP9...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Animals
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Finland
