Association of the eNOS E298D polymorphism and the risk of myocardial infarction in the Greek population

• Main Authors: Reczko Martin (Author), Panidis Dimitris (Author), Landt Olfert (Author), Drakoulis Nikolaos (Author), Dafni Chaido (Author), Cokkinos Dennis V (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nitric oxide (NO), produced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), plays a key role in the regulation of vascular tone. Endothelium-derived NO exerts vasoprotective effects by suppressing platelet aggregation, leukocyte adhesio...