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SUBMITTER: Popovic D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4835849 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Popović Dražen D Starčević Jovana Nikolajević JN Letonja Marija Šantl MŠ Makuc Jana J Vujkovac Andreja Cokan AC Pleskovič Ruda Zorc RZ Gaspar Ludovit L Kruzliak Peter P Petrovič Danijel D
Lipids in health and disease 20160418
<h4>Background</h4>Adhesion molecules are involved in the development of atherosclerosis. An increased level of the ICAM 1 molecule is associated with numerous inflammatory diseases including atherosclerosis of carotid arteries. The rs5498 (K469E) polymorphism of the ICAM-1 gene leads to an increase in the level of serum ICAM. We investigated the association between the rs5498 (K469E) polymorphism of the ICAM-1 gene and the progression of carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with type 2 diabetes ...[more]