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Resistin gene promoter region polymorphism and the risk of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in patients.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Mar 2010
Hussain Sabir, Asghar Muhammad, Javed Qamar
Abstract excerpt
Resistin, a novel cytokine, is associated with an inflammatory process and is suggested to induce hypertrophy in rat cardiomyocytes. Resistin gene expression has not been investigated in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study investigates resistin levels in HCM patients and h...
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