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Endothelial nitric oxide gene polymorphism and risk of systemic sclerosis: predisposition effect of T-786C promoter and protective effect of 27 bp repeats in Intron 4.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Sinici I, Kalyoncu U, Karahan S, Kiraz S, Atalar E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: An impaired availability of nitric oxide (NO), related to polymorphisms in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene, may influence the microvasculature in systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Three potential eNOS gene polymorphisms [tandem 27-bp repeats (VNTR) in intron 4, T786C in promoter region and G894T in exon 7] were investigated to affect the susceptibility to and the clinical course of SSc. METHODS:...
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