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NLRP3 is associated with coronary artery disease in Vietnam veterans.
Gene - 30 Jan 2020
Akosile Wole, Voisey Joanne, Lawford Bruce, Colquhoun David, McD Young Ross, Mehta Divya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have established that coronary artery disease is associated with excess inflammation. These studies have shown an elevation of both pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines in sufferers of coronary artery disease. There is increasing interest in the role played by the inflammasome Nod Like Receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) in the aetiology of coronary artery disease....
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