Article
Relationship between haplotypes of KCNN4 gene and susceptibility to human vascular diseases in Japanese.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 1 Aug 2009
Yamaguchi Mai, Nakayama Tomohiro, Fu Zhenyan, Naganuma Takahiro, Sato Naoyuki, Soma Masayoshi, Doba Nobutaka, Hinohara Shigeaki, Morita Akihiko, Mizutani Tomohiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human vascular diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI) and cerebral infarction (CI) are thought to be affected by several environmental factors and genetic variants. It has been suggested that the expression of the KCNN4 calcium-activated potassium channel is associated with the developing vascular smooth-muscle cells of human neointimal hyperplasia. The aim of this study was to investigate the...
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