Genes involved in systemic and arterial bed dependent atherosclerosis--Tampere Vascular study.

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is a complex disease with hundreds of genes influencing its progression. In addition, the phenotype of the disease varies significantly depending on the arterial bed. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We characterized the genes generally involved in human advanced atheroscl...

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Main Authors: Mari Levula, Niku Oksala, Nina Airla, Rainer Zeitlin, Juha-Pekka Salenius, Otso Järvinen, Maarit Venermo, Teemu Partio, Jukka Saarinen, Taija Somppi, VeliPekka Suominen, Jyrki Virkkunen, Juha Hautalahti, Reijo Laaksonen, Mika Kähönen, Ari Mennander, Leena Kytömäki, Juhani T Soini, Jyrki Parkkinen, Markku Pelto-Huikko, Terho Lehtimäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3324479?pdf=render