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Association of two variants in SMAD7 with the risk of congenital heart disease in the Han Chinese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Wang Erli, Jin Wenfei, Duan Wenyuan, Qiao Bin, Sun Shuna, Huang Guoying, Shi Kaihu, Jin Li, Wang Hongyan
Abstract excerpt
SMAD7 is a general antagonist of TGF-β signaling and has been found to be involved in cardiogenesis in mouse models, but its role in human congenital heart disease (CHD) has yet to be investigated. To examine if SMAD7 is associated with CHD, we conducted a case-control study in the Han Chinese population. Exon1 and exon4 of SMAD7, which encode the functional MH1 and MH2 domains, were directly sequenced in 1,201...
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