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Transforming growth factor-beta1 869T/C, but not interleukin-6 -174G/C, polymorphism associates with hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2009
Panoulas V F, Douglas K M J, Smith J P, Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou A, Metsios G S, Nightingale P, Kitas G D
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OBJECTIVES: Part of the deleterious effects of systemic inflammation on the cardiovascular system of patients with RA may be exerted via increased propensity to hypertension. IL-6 and TGF-beta1 are important regulators of the inflammatory response. In some, but not all, studies, IL6 -174G/C (rs1800795) and TGFB1 869T/C (rs1982073) gene polymorphisms have been associated with hypertension in the general...
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