Analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor gene 936 C/T polymorphism in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00730.x

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Analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor gene 936 C/T polymorphism in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2008

Gunesacar R, Erken E, Ozer H T E, Bozkurt B, Dinkci S, Deveci D

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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a cytokine that promotes endothelial cell proliferation, leucocyte chemotaxis and expression of adhesion molecules and is a major mediator of vascular permeability. It has been demonstrated that VEGF directly activates neutrophils and it could promote...

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Adult
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

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