Heterogeneous effect of two selectin gene polymorphisms on coronary artery disease risk: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The selectins play important roles in the inflammatory process of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI). Previous studies have shown ambiguous findings regarding a possible association between the selectin genes and CAD. The E-selectin Ser128Arg polymorphism and th...

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Main Authors: Zhijun Wu, Yuqing Lou, Lin Lu, Yan Liu, Qiujing Chen, Xin Chen, Wei Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3912165?pdf=render