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Polymorphism in the tissue factor region is associated with basal but not endotoxin-induced tissue factor-mRNA levels in leukocytes.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Apr 2006
Marsik C, Endler G, Halama T, Schlifke I, Mustafa S, Hysjulien J L, Key N S, Jilma B
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OBJECTIVE: Tissue factor (TF) plays a central role during disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in sepsis. We hypothesized that a frequent D/I polymorphism, at nucleotide position -1208 in the promoter region, could influence TF-mRNA and downstream coagulation. METHODS: Basal- and lipopoly...
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