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Heterogeneous effect of two selectin gene polymorphisms on coronary artery disease risk: a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wu Zhijun, Lou Yuqing, Lu Lin, Liu Yan, Chen Qiujing, Chen Xin, Jin Wei
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BACKGROUND: The selectins play important roles in the inflammatory process of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI). Previous studies have shown ambiguous findings regarding a possible association between the selectin genes and CAD. The E-selectin Ser128Arg polymorphism and the P-selectin Thr715Pro polymorphism have been investigated widely but with inconsistent results. We performed a...
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