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Coronary artery wall atherosclerosis in relation to the estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphism: an autopsy study.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2002
Lehtimäki Terho, Kunnas Tarja A, Mattila Kari M, Perola Markus, Penttilä Antti, Koivula Timo, Karhunen Pekka J
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Estrogen receptors (ESR) 1 and 2 are expressed in the normal and atherosclerotic arteries mediating the atheroprotective action of estrogen to artery wall cells. Whether variants of these receptor genes associate with autopsy-verified coronary artery wall atherosclerosis is not known. This study investigated whether variants of the ESR1 gene are associated with autopsy-verified coronary artery wall...
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