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SUBMITTER: Valdes-Alvarado E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4106097 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Valdés-Alvarado Emmanuel E Muñoz-Valle José Francisco JF Valle Yeminia Y Sandoval-Pinto Elena E García-González Ilian Janet IJ Valdez-Haro Angélica A De la Cruz-Mosso Ulises U Flores-Salinas Héctor Enrique HE Padilla-Gutiérrez Jorgé Ramón JR
Journal of immunology research 20140703
The macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is related to the progression of atherosclerosis, which, in turn, is a key factor in the development of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). MIF has a CATT short tandem repeat (STR) at position -794 that might be involved in its expression rate. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the -794 (CATT)5-8 MIF gene polymorphism and susceptibility to ACS in a western Mexican population. This research included 200 ACS patients class ...[more]