Article
Interleukin-10 and tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms and risk of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2001
Koch W, Kastrati A, Böttiger C, Mehilli J, von Beckerath N, Schömig A
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes. Cytokines IL-10 and TNF-alpha exert opposite functions in inflammatory reactions, IL-10 acting predominantly as an antiinflammatory and TNF-alpha as a proinflammatory factor. Functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes of IL-10, TNF-alpha, and TNF-beta are associated with gene expression and...
Topics
- Coronary Disease
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-10
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Lymphotoxin-alpha
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
