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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility to acute coronary syndrome.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2012
Babu Baddela M V Srikanth, Reddy Bhomireddy Pulla, Priya Vanacherla Hari Sai, Munshi Anjana, Rani Hanmathrao Surekha, Latha Gaddam Suman, Rao V Dayasagar, Jyothy Akka
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AIM: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is an inflammatory disease. Cytokines are the central regulators of inflammation and may be a cause or marker of atherosclerosis. Accumulating evidence suggests that polymorphisms at promoter regions of various cytokine genes are known to be associated with their expression levels. In the present study we investigated whether variants at -1082G→A (rs1800896) and -592C→A...
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