Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The basic causes of
CVD are not fully understood yet. Substantial evidence suggests that genetic predisposition …

Background and Objective: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death. There has been
compelling evidence that stroke has a genetic component. Genetic variants not only …

Eicosanoids may play a role in ischemic stroke. However, the associations of variants in
cyclooxygenase (COX) pathway genes and interaction among these variants with carotid …

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death worldwide. There are
many environmental and genetic factors that play a role in the development of …

Background Eicosanoids may play a role in ischemic stroke (IS). However, the association of
variants in eicosanoid genes with symptomatic carotid artery or intracranial arterial stenosis …

Platelets are critically involved in the development of cerebral ischemia. Our study aimed to
establish an association between frequent (minor allele frequency (MAF)> 5%) genetic …

Background Eicosanoids are lipid mediators that may play a role in ischemic stroke (IS).
However, the association of variants in eicosanoid genes and these interactions with IS risk …

Introducción: La Ciclooxigenasa 2 (Cox-2) es una enzima que interviene en la conversión
del ácido araquidónico a prostaglandinas las cuales son importantes mediadores de la …

Introducción: La Ciclooxigenasa 2 (Cox-2) es una enzima que interviene en la conversión
del ácido araquidónico a prostaglandinas las cuales son importantes mediadores de la …

2. Endophenotype and illness (appearance of a disorder) co-segregate within families. 3.
The endophenotype is primarily state independent (always appears in an individual …