Open AccessCardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients: The Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Cytokine Genotypes
Author(s) -
Gaetano La Manna,
Maria Cappuccilli,
Giuseppe Cianciolo,
Diletta Conte,
Giorgia Comai,
Elisa Carretta,
Maria Scolari,
Sergio Stefoni
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181ce243f
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , genotype , odds ratio , transplantation , disease , gastroenterology , cytokine , risk factor , kidney disease , cohort study , immunology , biology , biochemistry , gene
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the main cause of morbidity and mortality after renal transplantation. In view of the modern paradigm of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease, this study investigated the impact of inflammatory cytokine polymorphisms on posttransplant CVD.