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Genetic analysis of leukocyte type-I interferon production and risk of coronary artery disease.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jun 2015
Nelson Christopher P, Schunkert Heribert, Samani Nilesh J, Erridge Clett
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OBJECTIVE: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are genetically predisposed to enhanced production of the type-I interferon IFN-α and are also at elevated risk of developing atherosclerosis compared with healthy subjects. We aimed to test whether genetic predisposition to increased type-I IFN production affects risk of coronary artery disease. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Using a list of 11 single nucleotide...
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