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Serum il-18 and rs187238 single nucleotide polymorphism are associated with high-density lipoprotein changes in covid-19 outpatients.
International immunopharmacology - 1 Sept 2023
Viana Glautemberg de Almeida, da Costa Mac Dionys Rodrigues, da Silva Mateus Edson, Duque Bruna Ribeiro, de Siqueira Erlânia Alves, Martins Alice Maria Costa, Alves Renata de Sousa, de Menezes Ramon Róseo Paula Pessoa Bezerra, de Queiroz Maria Goretti Rodrigues, Sampaio Tiago Lima
Abstract excerpt
AIM: COVID-19 is an inflammatory disease and its prognosis is associated with cardiovascular risk, which can be associated with changes in lipoprotein metabolism. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs187238 of Interleukin (IL)-18 is extensively reported in association with worsening inflammatory and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study evaluated the association of IL-18 levels and its SNP rs187238 with...
Topics
- Humans
- Apolipoprotein A-I
- Apolipoproteins B
- Cholesterol
