Influence of interleukin-6 gene -174G>C polymorphism on development of atherosclerosis: A meta-analysis of 50 studies involving 33,514 subjects

Gene

Volumn 529, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-103

  Yin, Yan Wei ^a   Li, Jing Cheng ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Wang, Jing Zhou ^a   Li, Bing Hu ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Liao, Shao Qiong ^a   Zhang, Ming Jie ^a   Gao, Chang Yue ^a   Zhang, Li Li ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Interleukin 6; Meta analysis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CBMDISC; CNKI; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEB OF SCIENCE;

AAA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHD; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CVDS; HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM; HWE; IL-6; INTERLEUKIN-6; IS; ISCHEMIC STROKE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADING; MESH; META-ANALYSIS; MI; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEWCASTLE-OTTAWA SCALE; NOS; ODDS RATIO; OR; PAD; PAOD; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL ARTERY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM; PREFERRED REPORTING ITEMS FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES; PRISMA; RAO; RAS; RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; TIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK, CAS CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS;

ALLELES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883552487     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.074     Document Type: Article

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