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Interleukin-6 genotype is associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol responses to exercise training.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 15 May 2005
Halverstadt Amy, Phares Dana A, Roth Stephen, Ferrell Robert E, Goldberg Andrew P, Hagberg James M
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BACKGROUND: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and its subfractions are modifiable with exercise training and these responses are heritable. The interleukin-6 (IL6)-174G/C polymorphism may be associated with HDL-C levels. We hypothesized that the IL6-174G/C polymorphism would be associated with plasma HDL-C response to exercise training. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-five 50- to 75-year-olds on a...
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