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Functional analysis of human thromboxane synthase polymorphic variants.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Sept 2012
Chen Chung-Ying K, Poole Elizabeth M, Ulrich Cornelia M, Kulmacz Richard J, Wang Lee-Ho
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BACKGROUND: Thromboxane A synthase (TXAS) metabolizes the cyclooxygenase product prostaglandin (PG) H2 into thromboxane H2 (TXA2), a potent inducer of blood vessel constriction and platelet aggregation. Nonsynonymous polymorphisms in the TXAS gene have the potential to alter TXAS activity and affect TXA2 generation. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the functional effects of genetic variants in the...
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