Lack of association between LTA and LGALS2 polymorphisms and myocardial infarction in Japanese and Korean populations

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-269

  Kimura, A ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Choi, B Y ^b   Bae, S W ^b   Hohta, S ^c   Sasaoka, T ^c   Nakahara, K I ^d   Chida, K ^d   Sawabe, M ^d   Yasunami, M ^a   Naruse, T ^a   Izumi, T ^c   Park, J E ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary atherosclerosis; LGALS2; Lymphotoxin ; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 2; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GALECTIN 2 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; KOREA; LYMPHOTOXIN ALPHA GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GALECTIN 2; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34247850787     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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