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Association between UCP2 A55V polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with multi-vessel coronary arterial disease.
BMC medical genetics - 27 Mar 2013
Gioli-Pereira Luciana, Santos Paulo Cjl, Sugaya Luisa S, Ferreira Noely E, Krieger José Eduardo, Pereira Alexandre C, Hueb Whady A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: UCP2 (uncoupling protein 2) plays an important role in cardiovascular diseases and recent studies have suggested that the A55V polymorphism can cause UCP2 dysfunction. The main aim was to investigate the association of A55V polymorphism with cardiovascular events in a group of 611 patients enrolled in the Medical, Angioplasty or Surgery Study II (MASS II), a randomized trial comparing treatments for...
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