Open AccessInteraction of serum 70-kDa heat shock protein levels and HspA1B (+1267) gene polymorphism with disease severity in patients with chronic heart failure
Author(s) -
Tímea Gombos,
Zsolt Förhécz,
Zoltán Pozsonyi,
Lívia Jánoskúti,
Zoltán Prohászka
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cell stress and chaperones
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.994
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1466-1268
pISSN - 1355-8145
DOI - 10.1007/s12192-007-0001-5
Subject(s) - heart failure , medicine , hsp70 , gastroenterology , ejection fraction , allele , immunology , endocrinology , heat shock protein , biology , gene , biochemistry
Circulating heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is present in the circulation of healthy individuals and in patients with various disorders, including chronic heart failure (CHF). However, the source and routes of release of Hsp70 is only partially characterised in clinical samples.