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Evaluation of the 18-bp deletion/insertion variant of the VEGF gene in athletes.
Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids - 1 Jan 2024
Unver Saban, Nursal Ayse Feyda, Yigit Serbulent, Atan Tulin
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The skeletal muscle capillary supply mainly determines the highest exercise capacity. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the major growth factor during the angiogenesis process. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether the VEGF insertion/deletion (I/D) variant differs between athletes and sedentary controls in the Turkish population. Three hundred sixteen subjects, including 146 athletes from...
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