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Functional analysis of the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene -717A>G polymorphism associated with coronary heart disease

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis underlies the major pathophysiological mechanisms of coronary heart disease (CHD), and inflammation contributes to all phases of atherosclerosis. C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive, but nonspecific marker of inflammation has been shown to play proatherogenic roles in t...

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Autores principales: Wang, Laiyuan, Lu, Xiangfeng, Li, Yun, Li, Hongfan, Chen, Shufeng, Gu, Dongfeng
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2723087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19624831
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-73