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Association between platelet endothelial cellular adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1/CD31) polymorphisms and acute myocardial infarction: a study in patients from Sicily.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2004
Listì F, Candore G, Lio D, Cavallone L, Colonna-Romano G, Caruso M, Hoffmann E, Caruso C
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Adhesion of circulating cells to the arterial surface is among the first detectable events in atherogenesis. Cellular adhesion molecules, expressed by the vascular endothelium and by circulating leucocytes, mediate cell recruitment and their transendothelial migration. Platelet endothelial cellular adhesion molecule 1 (PECAM-1/CD31), involved in this migration, has been associated with the developmental course of...
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