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Aging, carotid artery distensibility, and the Ser422Gly elastin gene polymorphism in humans.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 2001
Hanon O, Luong V, Mourad J J, Bortolotto L A, Jeunemaitre X, Girerd X
Abstract excerpt
Elastin is a protein of the extracellular matrix that forms the major component of elastic fibers from the arterial wall thickness and plays an important role in elastic properties of large blood vessels. To study the relationships between the Ser422Gly polymorphism in exon 16 of the gene-encoding elastin and the distensibility of 2 different arteries, the radial artery (a muscular artery) and the common carotid...
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