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Inflammatory cytokine gene variants in coronary artery disease patients in Greece.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Dec 2008
Manginas Athanassios, Tsiavou Anastasia, Chaidaroglou Antigoni, Giamouzis Grigorios, Degiannis Dimitrios, Panagiotakos Demosthenis, Cokkinos Dennis V
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OBJECTIVE: Abundant evidence supports the central role of inflammatory cytokines in immune responses mediating the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and its complications, such as myocardial infarction and unstable angina. METHODS: We investigated the association of genetic polymorphisms of the inflammatory cytokines, IL-10, TGF-beta1, IFN-gamma, IL-6, and TNF-alpha with the clinical...
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