Influence of interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms in epicardial adipose tissue and coronary artery calcification in patients with psoriasis

Br J Dermatol. 2015 Feb;172(2):534-6. doi: 10.1111/bjd.13271. Epub 2014 Dec 30.

Authors

T Torres¹, N Bettencourt, J Ferreira, C Carvalho, D Mendonça, P Pinho-Costa, C Vasconcelos, M Selores, B Silva

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Unit for Multidisciplinary Investigation in Biomedicine, Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. tiagotorres2002@hotmail.com.

PMID: 25040543
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13271

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue*
Adult
Case-Control Studies
Coronary Artery Disease / genetics*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Homozygote
Humans
Interleukin-6 / genetics*
Male
Pericardium
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
Psoriasis / genetics*
Vascular Calcification / genetics*

Substances

Interleukin-6