Functional variation in LGALS2 confers risk of myocardial infarction and regulates lymphotoxin-α secretion in vitro

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6987, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Ozaki, Kouichi ^a   Inoue, Katsumi ^b   Sato, Hiroshi ^c   Iida, Aritoshi ^d   Ohnishi, Yozo ^a   Sekine, Akihiro ^d   Sato, Hideyuki ^c   Odashiro, Keita ^b   Hobuyoshi, Masakiyo ^b   Hori, Masatsugu ^c   Nakamura, Yusuko ^d,e   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; NATURAL SCIENCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTEINS; RISKS;

FUNCTIONAL VARIATIONS; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI); PATHOGENESIS;

CARDIOLOGY;

CYTOKINE; DNA; GALECTIN 2; LYMPHOTOXIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUBULIN;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFLAMMATION; INTRON; LGALS2 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN BINDING; SECRETION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GALECTIN 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTRONS; JAPAN; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MICROTUBULES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUBULIN; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 2342480580     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02502     Document Type: Article

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