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The T Allele of rs8075977 in the 5'-Flanking Region of the PEDF Gene Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Elderly Chinese Men.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Apr 2017
Ma Shou-Yuan, Guo Yuan-Yuan, Wang Shu-Xia, Shi Jin-Xin, Liu Jie, Liu Jian-Feng, Zhu Ping
Abstract excerpt
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifactorial disease with a genetic component. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) exerts anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-thrombotic, and anti-angiogenic effects and thus has received increasing attention as a sensitive biomarker of atherosclerosis and CAD. To explore the potential association between PEDF single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and CAD, we performed...
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