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The functional variant rs1048990 in PSMA6 is associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction in a Chinese population.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2009
Liu Xin, Wang Xingyu, Shen Yue, Wu Lijun, Ruan Xiaoyang, Lindpaintner Klaus, Yusuf Salim, Engert James C, Anand Sonia, Tan Xuerui, Liu Lisheng
Abstract excerpt
A recent case-control study reported that a functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the proteasome subunit alpha type 6 gene (PSMA6) (rs1048990, C/G) was associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction (MI) in the Japanese population. Replication studies have been performed in European and other Japanese study samples, but the results were not conclusive. The purpose of the present study was to...
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