Polymorphisms of DNA repair pathway genes and cigarette smoking in relation to susceptibility to large artery atherosclerotic stroke among ethnic Chinese in Taiwan.

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AIM: Cigarette-smoking induced oxidative DNA damage to endothelial cells has been reported to play an etiological role in atherosclerosis development. Individual vulnerability to oxidative stress through smoking exposure and the ability to repair DNA damage, which plays a critical role in modifying the risk susceptibility of large artery atherosclerotic (LAA) stroke, is hypothesized. Thus, we examined the effect...

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