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Haplotype effect of the matrix metalloproteinase-1 gene on risk of myocardial infarction.
Circulation research - 11 Nov 2005
Pearce Eve, Tregouet David-Alexandre, Samnegård Ann, Morgan Angharad R, Cox Charles, Hamsten Anders, Eriksson Per, Ye Shu
Abstract excerpt
Myocardial infarction (MI) is commonly caused by atherosclerotic plaque rupture following excessive degradation of collagen fibers in the atherosclerotic lesion. We investigated whether interindividual variability in risk of MI was related to polymorphisms in the gene encoding matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, a key fibrillar collagen-degrading enzyme. Several single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MMP1 gene...
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