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Analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) functional variants in rheumatoid arthritis.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2005
Rueda Blanca, González-Gay M Angel, López-Nevot M Angel, García A, Fernández-Arquero M, Balsa Alejandro, Pablos J Luis, Pascual-Salcedo Dora, de la Concha Emilio Gómez, González-Escribano M Francisca, Martín Javier
Abstract excerpt
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important pro-angiogenic mediators related to inflammation-associated synovial angiogenesis. The aim of this study was to asses the role of -1154 G-->A (rs1570360) and -634 G-->C (rs2010963) VEGF gene functional variants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The population under study was composed of a total of 753 unrelated RA patients and 801 healthy...
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