Genetic variants of VEGFR-1 gene promoter in acute myocardial infarction

Abstract Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) including acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common complex disease caused by atherosclerosis. Vascular epithelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1) stimulates angiogenesis and vascular permeability, and functions as a decoy to sequester VEGF an...

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Main Authors: Haihua Wang, Shufang Zhang, Na Wang, Jie Zhang, Mingkai Chen, Xiaohui He, Yinghua Cui, Shuchao Pang, Bo Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40246-019-0243-1