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Estimation of Interleukin-1β Promoter (-31 C/T and -511 T/C) Polymorphisms and Its Level in Coronary Artery Disease Patients.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Sept 2017
Tabrez Shams, Jabir Nasimudeen R, Firoz Chelapram K, Hindawi Salwa, Shakil Shazi, Damanhouri Ghazi A, Zaidi Syed Kashif
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is an inflammation-causing cytokine that exerts several unique biological effects and could lead to future adverse events of CAD. The piece of work presented herein is aimed at investigating possible association of IL-1β levels to its polymorphic site viz. -511 and -31 at promoter region in Saudi CAD patients. The study included 155 confirmed CAD patients and 80 healthy control individuals...
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