Article
Angiopoietin-like protein 4 serum levels and gene polymorphisms are associated with large artery atherosclerotic stroke.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Mar 2016
He Xin-Wei, Shen Yu-Guang, Zhu Min, Hu Xiao-Fei, Zheng Zhou, Liu Peng, Li Cai, Zhu Feng, Jin Xiao-Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) is a central player in lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis and may thus be involved in ischaemic stroke. However, no study in humans has investigated the association of ANGPTL4 gene polymorphisms or serum levels with ischaemic stroke. METHODS: We investigated the influence of the tagged single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) rs4076317 (c.207C>G) and rs1044250...
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