Lack of association between polymorphisms of the <it>IL18R1 </it>and <it>IL18RAP </it>genes and cardiovascular risk: the MORGAM Project

• Egile Nagusiak: Nicaud Viviane (Egilea), Cambien François (Egilea), Kuulasmaa Kari (Egilea), Salomaa Veikko (Egilea), DeSuremain Maylis (Egilea), Alanne Mervi (Egilea), Proust Carole (Egilea), Grisoni Marie-Lise (Egilea), Wiklund Per-Gunnar (Egilea), Virtamo Jarmo (Egilea), Kee Frank (Egilea), Tiret Laurence (Egilea), Evans Alun (Egilea), Tregouet David-Alexandre (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Interleukin-18 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine suspected to be associated with atherosclerosis and its complications. We had previously shown that one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the <it>IL18 </it>gene was asso...