Lack of association between polymorphisms of the IL18R1 and IL18RAP genes and cardiovascular risk: the MORGAM Project

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine suspected to be associated with atherosclerosis and its complications. We had previously shown that one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the IL18 gene was associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) through an interaction with smoking...

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Main Authors: Grisoni, Marie-Lise, Proust, Carole, Alanne, Mervi, DeSuremain, Maylis, Salomaa, Veikko, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Cambien, François, Nicaud, Viviane, Wiklund, Per-Gunnar, Virtamo, Jarmo, Kee, Frank, Tiret, Laurence, Evans, Alun, Tregouet, David-Alexandre
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19473509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-44

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19473509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-44

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