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MicroRNA-146a rs2910164 is associated with severe preeclampsia in Black South African women on HAART.
BMC genetics - 19 Jan 2017
Maharaj Niren Ray, Ramkaran Prithiksha, Pillay Siddharthiya, Chuturgoon Anil Amichund
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: South African (SA) Black women have a high prevalence of preeclampsia and HIV, both conditions associated with increased inflammation. miR-146a is an inflammatory-associated miR and a common single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2910164) has been associated with several disease conditions. To date, this SNP has not been investigated in SA Black women. We therefore aimed to investigate the miR-146a G > C...
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