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Functional heme oxygenase-1 promoter polymorphism in relation to heart failure and cardiac transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Apr 2005
Holweg Cecile T J, Balk Aggie H M M, Uitterlinden André G, Niesters Hubert G M, Maat Lex P W M, Weimar Willem, Baan Carla C
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the functional promoter repeat polymorphism (GT)(n) in the oxidative stress-induced enzyme heme oxygenase-1 in relation to heart failure and complications after transplantation. No influence of the polymorphism on the development of heart failure, graft survival, acute rejection, or transplant atherosclerosis was found.
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