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Interleukin-6-572C>G polymorphism-association with inflammatory variables in Korean men with coronary artery disease.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Mar 2008
Jang Yangsoo, Kim Oh Yoen, Hyun Yae Jung, Chae Jey Sook, Koh Soo Jeong, Heo Yu Mi, Choi Donghoon, Shin Dong-Jik, Huttner Kenneth, Lee Jong Ho
Abstract excerpt
Growing evidence suggests that polymorphisms at position -174 and -572 in interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene are associated with various manifestations of atherosclerosis. We investigated the genotype effects of IL-6 -174 and -572 polymorphisms on circulating levels of inflammatory markers in Korean men with coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD patients were subdivided into 2 groups; those patients treated without...
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