Genetic Evidence for PLASMINOGEN as a Shared Genetic Risk Factor of Coronary Artery Disease and Periodontitis

Schaefer, Arne; Bochenek, Gregor; Jochens, Arne; Ellinghaus, David; Dommisch, Henrik; Guezeldemir-Akcakanat, Esra; Graetz, Christian; Harks, Inga; Jockel-Schneider, Yvonne; Weinspach, Knut; Meyle, Joerg; Eickholz, Peter; Linden, Gerry; ÇİNE, NACİ; Nohutcu, Rahime; Weiss, Ervin; Houri-Haddad, Yael; Iraqi, Fuad; Folwaczny, Mathias; Noack, Barbara; Strauch, Konstantin; Gieger, Christian; Waldenberger, Melanie; Peters, Annette; Wijmenga, Cisca; YILMAZ, ENGİN; Lieb, Wolfgang; Rosenstiel, Philip; Doerfer, Christof; Bruckmann, Corinna; Erdmann, Jeannette; Koenig, Inke; Jepsen, Soren; Loos, Bruno; Schreiber, Stefan

doi:10.1161/circgenetics.114.000554

Genetic Evidence for PLASMINOGEN as a Shared Genetic Risk Factor of Coronary Artery Disease and Periodontitis

Schaefer A. S., Bochenek G., Jochens A., Ellinghaus D., Dommisch H., Guezeldemir-Akcakanat E., ...More

CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS, vol.8, no.1, pp.159-167, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 8 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1161/circgenetics.114.000554
Journal Name: CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR GENETICS
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.159-167
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background-Genetic studies demonstrated the presence of risk alleles in the genes ANRIL and CAMTA1/VAMP3 that are shared between coronary artery disease (CAD) and periodontitis. We aimed to identify further shared genetic risk factors to better understand conjoint disease mechanisms.