Open AccessAssociation of Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein Taq IB Polymorphism With Acute Coronary Syndrome in Egyptian National Patients
Author(s) -
Sahar M. Abdel Maksoud,
Wael El-Garf,
Ola Ali,
Gamal Shaaban,
Noha N. Amer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laboratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7730
pISSN - 0007-5027
DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmw071
Subject(s) - acute coronary syndrome , polymorphism (computer science) , medicine , genetics , allele , biology , gene , myocardial infarction
The association between cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) Taq IB polymorphism and coronary artery disease (CAD) has been studied in different populations. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a group of clinical symptoms within acute myocardial ischemia, including unstable angina (UA) and myocardial infarction (MI). Because there are no data reported in the literature concerning the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) Taq IB polymorphism in Egyptians, our study aimed to investigate the frequency of different CETP Taq IB genotypes in Egyptian patients with ACS and in healthy control individuals.
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