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Effect of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene polymorphism in Turkish patients with premature coronary artery disease.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2008
Cam Sirri F, Sekuri Cevad, Sagcan Abdi, Ercan Ertugrul, Tengiz Istemihan, Alioglu Emin, Berdeli Afig
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OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is important in the initiation of atherosclerosis and crucial in monocyte recruitment into the subendothelial lesions. Recent studies have demonstrated that MCP-1 -2518 A>G polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to coronary artery disease (CAD). Since there are conflicting reports on the possible association of MCP-1 -2518...
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