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Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) gene variant is associated with coronary artery calcification independent of soluble ICAM-1 levels.
Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research - 1 Dec 2004
Reilly Muredach P, Wolfe Megan L, Dykhouse Jennifer, Reddy Karthik, Localio A Russell, Rader Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although circulating levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) predict cardiovascular events, no studies have examined intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) gene variants, plasma sICAM-1 levels, and atherosclerosis in the same sample. METHODS: We examined the association of the ICAM-1 K469E gene variant and plasma sICAM-1 with coronary artery calcification (CAC) in 632...
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