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Mechanism and effect of thrombospondin-4 polymorphisms on neutrophil function.
Blood - 1 Dec 2005
Pluskota Elzbieta, Stenina Olga I, Krukovets Irene, Szpak Dorota, Topol Eric J, Plow Edward F
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High-throughput genomic technology identified an association between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), a proline (P387) rather than the predominant alanine (A387) at position 387 in thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4) and premature myocardial infarction. The inflammatory hypothesis of atherosclerosis invokes a prominent role of leukocytes and cytokines in pathogenesis. As the expression of TSP-4 by vascular cells...
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