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Smoking impairs and circulating stem cells favour the protective effect of the T allele of the connexin37 gene in ischemic heart disease--A multinational study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jan 2016
Pitha Jan, Králová Lesná Ivana, Hubáček Jaroslav A, Sekerková Alena, Lánská Věra, Adámková Věra, Dorobantu Maria, Nicolescu Rodica, Steiner Robert, Ivić Vedrana, Borbely Attila, Papp Zoltan, Vari Sandor G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The connexin 37 (Cx37) gene is considered to be a candidate gene for ischemic heart disease (IHD). We analyzed the association between the C1019 > T (Pro319 > Ser) variant of the Cx37 gene and IHD in patients in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Romania with regard to the presence/absence of selected cardiovascular risk factors (RF). In a complementary study, we analyzed the association between...
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