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No association of two functional polymorphisms in human ALOX15 with myocardial infarction.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2009
Hersberger Martin, Müller Martina, Marti-Jaun Jacqueline, Heid Iris M, Coassin Stefan, Young Thomas F, Waechter Vanessa, Hengstenberg Christian, Meisinger Christine, Peters Annette, König Wolfgang, Holmer Stephan, Schunkert Heribert, Klopp Norman, Kronenberg Florian, Illig Thomas
Abstract excerpt
The 12/15-lipoxygenase plays a janus-role in inflammation with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects in cell systems and even opposite effects on atherosclerosis in two different animal species. Screening of the human 15-lipoxygenase (ALOX15) gene detected a polymorphic C to T substitution at position c.-292, which led to three times higher ALOX15 activity in macrophages and showed a trend to be...
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