Article
Genetic variants in FBN-1 and risk for thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Iakoubova Olga A, Tong Carmen H, Rowland Charles M, Luke May M, Garcia Veronica E, Catanese Joseph J, Moomiaie Remo M, Sotonyi Peter, Ascady Gyorgy, Nikas Demitrios, Dedelias Panagiotis, Tranquilli Maryann, Elefteriades John A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: A recent genome wide association study (GWAS) by LeMaire et al. found that two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2118181 and rs10519177 in the FBN-1 gene (encoding Fibrillin-1), were associated with thoracic aortic dissection (TAD), non-dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), and thoracic aortic aneurysm or dissection (TAAD); the largest effect was observed for the association of rs2118181...
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