Article
Association of brain natriuretic peptide gene polymorphisms with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated with pulmonary hypertension and its mechanism.
Bioscience reports - 31 Oct 2018
Jin Guangjun, Chen Zhu, Zhang Jiancheng, Song Jia, Shi Jun, Zhou Bingzhi
Abstract excerpt
Objective: To examine the association between brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and COPD with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and to analyze its mechanism. Methods: The genotypes of BNP at the rs198389, rs6668352, and rs198388 loci in 339 patients with COPD (205 in the COPD/PH- group and 134 in the COPD/PH+ group) and 125...
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