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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RN) genotype modulates the replicative capacity of human endothelial cells.
Circulation research - 27 Jun 2003
Dewberry Rachael M, Crossman David C, Francis Sheila E
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial cells (ECs) undergo a finite number of cell divisions before growth arrest or replicative senescence, modulated in part by the proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1 (IL-1). IL-1 and its family members are expressed in human atherosclerotic vessels, mainly in the endothelium. EC replicative senescence and IL-1 have been associated with atherosclerosis. Genetic variants at the IL-1 locus have been...
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