Polymorphism of the promoter region of prostacyclin synthase gene in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Respirology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-189

  Amano, Shinya ^a   Tatsumi, Koichiro ^a   Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^a   Kasahara, Yasunori ^a   Kurosu, Katsushi ^a   Takiguchi, Yuichi ^a   Kasuya, Yoshitoshi ^a   Kimura, Sadao ^a   Kuriyama, Takayuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

6 keto prostaglandin F1 ; Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Prostacyclin synthase; Variable number tandem repeat polymorphism

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PGIS GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOXANE A2;

EID: 3142745954     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2004.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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