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Inflammation and coronary artery disease: insights from genetic studies.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Jan 2000
McPherson Ruth, Davies Robert W
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Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have provided a vast amount of new information relevant to the myriad of biological pathways related to atherosclerosis and its progression. Although atherosclerosis is a complex process, both GWASs and candidate gene studies add support to the hypothesis that proinflammatory pathways, involving both innate and adaptive immunity, play a causal role in coronary artery...
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