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Race and gender variation in response to evoked inflammation.
Journal of translational medicine - 12 Mar 2013
Ferguson Jane F, Patel Parth N, Shah Rhia Y, Mulvey Claire K, Gadi Ram, Nijjar Prabhjot S, Usman Haris M, Mehta Nehal N, Shah Rachana, Master Stephen R, Propert Kathleen J, Reilly Muredach P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Race- and gender-variation in innate immunity may contribute to demographic differences in inflammatory and cardiometabolic disease; yet their influence on dynamic responses during inflammatory stress is poorly understood. Our objective was to examine race and gender influence on the response to experimental endotoxemia. METHODS: The Genetics of Evoked Responses to Niacin and Endotoxemia (GENE) study...
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