Article
Acute myocardial infarction and proinflammatory gene variants.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2007
Licastro Federico, Chiapelli Martina, Caldarera Claudio Marcello, Caruso Calogero, Lio Domenico, Corder Elizabeth H
Abstract excerpt
We identified four genetic risk sets for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from information on functional gene variants that favor inflammation or modulate cholesterol metabolism: IL6 -174 G/C, TNF -308 G/A, IL10 -1082 G/A, SERPINA3 -51 G/T, IFNG +874 T/A, HMGCR -911 C/A, and APOE epsilon2/3/4; 316 patients and 461 healthy subjects, all Italian. Putative risk alleles are shown underlined. The sets were identified...
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