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Functional polymorphism of the NFKB1 gene promoter is related to the risk of dilated cardiomyopathy.
BMC medical genetics - 31 May 2009
Zhou Bin, Rao Li, Peng Ying, Wang Yanyun, Li Yi, Gao Linbo, Chen Yu, Xue Hui, Song Yaping, Liao Miao, Zhang Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies in experimental and human heart failure showed that nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) is chronically activated in cardiac myocytes, suggesting an important involvement of NF-kappaB in the cardiac remodeling process. A common insertion/deletion (-94 insertion/deletion ATTG, rs28362491) located between two putative key promoter regulatory elements in the NFKB1 gene was identified which...
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