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Epigenome-wide association of myocardial infarction with DNA methylation sites at loci related to cardiovascular disease.
Clinical epigenetics - 1 Jan 2017
Nakatochi Masahiro, Ichihara Sahoko, Yamamoto Ken, Naruse Keiko, Yokota Shigeki, Asano Hiroyuki, Matsubara Tatsuaki, Yokota Mitsuhiro
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BACKGROUND: Development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, and ischemic stroke, depends on environmental and genetic factors. To investigate the epigenetic basis of myocardial infarction (MI), we performed an epigenome-wide association study for this condition in elderly Japanese subjects. A total of 192 case subjects with MI and 192 control subjects were recruited...
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