Fractalkine receptor/ligand genetic variants and carotid intima-media thickness

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2212-2214

  Debette, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Bevan, Steve ^a   Dartigues, Jean François ^d   Sitzer, Matthias ^e   Lorenz, Matthias ^e   Ducimetière, Pierre ^d   Amouyel, Philippe ^c   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Carotid intimal medial thickness; Carotid ultrasound; Epidemiology; Genetics; Risk factors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; FRACTALKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CX3CR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; V28 RECEPTOR; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CX3CL1 GENE; CX3CR1 GENE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; AGE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; RECEPTORS, HIV; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-8A;

EID: 66849135272     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.537159     Document Type: Article

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