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SUBMITTER: Buraczynska K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643105 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Buraczynska Kinga K Kurzepa Jacek J Ksiazek Andrzej A Buraczynska Monika M Rejdak Konrad K
Neuromolecular medicine 20150902 4
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), endopeptidases degrading extracellular matrix, play an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and vascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the C(-1562)T functional polymorphism in the MMP-9 gene and risk of stroke. We examined 322 patients with stroke and 410 controls. In the patient group, 52 % had type 2 diabetes. All subjects were genotyped for the C(-1562)T polymorphism by polymerase chain reaction and re ...[more]