Association of two variants in the interleukin-6 receptor gene and premature coronary heart disease in a Chinese Han population

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1021-1026

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Qian, Qi ^b   Tang, Chengchun ^a   Ding, Jiandong ^a   Feng, Yi ^a   Ma, Genshan ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Gene; Interleukin 6 receptor; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IL6R GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; RISK;

EID: 84878355437     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2143-5     Document Type: Article

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