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Association of vaspin gene polymorphisms with coronary artery disease in Chinese population and function study.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 16 Jan 2013
Li Hai Ling, Zhang Hong Li, Jian Wei Xia, Li Qi, Peng Wen Hui, Xu Ya Wei
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BACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor (vaspin) is a recently identified adipokine. Studies suggest it is involved in many diseases such as obesity, diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD). This study is to investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in vaspin with CAD and its potential mechanisms. METHODS: A total of 1570 consecutive patients undergoing...
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