Article
Polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21 confer a risk for acute coronary syndrome in a Chinese Han population.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 2013
Zeng Qiang, Yuan Ying, Wang Shuxia, Sun Jing, Zhang Tao, Qi Ming
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies have identified 2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on chromosome arm 9p21, rs10757278, and rs2383207 that confer susceptibility to myocardial infarction. However, these data are mostly from Italian, American Caucasian, South Korean, and Japanese cohorts. This study is the first to investigate whether 6 SNPs (rs10757277, rs10757278, rs10757279, ,...