An intricate interplay between the genes encoding fibrinogen gamma (FGG), alpha (FGA) and beta (FGB), coagulation factor XIII (F13A1) and interleukin 6 (IL6) and environmental factors is likely to influence plasma fibrinogen concentration, fibrin clot structure and risk of myocardial infarction (MI)...
Keywords: Epistasis, fibrinogen clot structure, myocardial infarction, plasma fibrinogen concentration, pleiotropy
03/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Schattauer