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CCL5/RANTES gene polymorphisms in Slavonic patients with myocardial infarction.
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2011
Tereshchenko Irina P, Petrkova Jana, Voevoda Mikhail I, Taborsky Milos, Navratilova Zdenka, Romaschenko Aida G, Maksimov Vladimir N, Mrazek Frantisek, Petrek Martin
Abstract excerpt
Coronary artery inflammation is a critical process in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction (MI). The chemokine CCL5/RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted) is expressed in advanced atherosclerotic lesions. Functional polymorphisms of the RANTES gene can, therefore, be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease. We examined the association of polymorphisms in the...
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