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[The C(-1562)T polymorphism in the promoter of the matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) gene and coronary atherosclerosis].
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - 1 Nov 2003
Goracy Jarosław, Goracy Iwona, Brykczyński Mirosław, Peregud-Pogorzelska Małgorzata, Naruszewicz Marek, Ciechanowicz Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries is a main cause of ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Matrix metalloproteinases, a super-family of zink-dependent enzymes, which are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by the activation of migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells and by the...
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