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Genomic polymorphisms within alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and severe sepsis in Chinese Han population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2010
Jin Y, Zhang Y, Wang H, Wu S, Chen Q, Cheng B, Xie G, Hu Y, Fang X
Abstract excerpt
Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, a kind of ligand-gated ion channel mainly expressed in macrophages, plays a crucial role in improving survival in sepsis via suppressing proinflammatory cytokines. The predisposition of genomic polymorphisms within alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene (CHRNA7) to sepsis has not been investigated. The current association study was performed to analyse six common...
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