Analysis of the Role of Interleukin 6 Receptor Haplotypes in the Regulation of Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Biomarkers and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

• Bruna Gigante ,

  * E-mail: bruna.gigante@ki.se

  Affiliations Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Stockholm, Sweden, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Rona J. Strawbridge ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rona J. Strawbridge, Ilais Moreno Velasquez

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics Group, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, all at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Ilais Moreno Velasquez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rona J. Strawbridge, Ilais Moreno Velasquez

  Affiliation Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Stockholm, Sweden

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• Zahra Golabkesh,

  Affiliation Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Stockholm, Sweden

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• Angela Silveira,

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics Group, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, all at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Anuj Goel,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Damiano Baldassarre,

  Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan Italy

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• Fabrizio Veglia,

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• Elena Tremoli,

  Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan Italy

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• Robert Clarke,

  Affiliation Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Hugh Watkins,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Anders Hamsten,

  Affiliations Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics Group, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, all at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Dept of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Steve E. Humphries,

  Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, University College London, United Kingdom

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• Ulf de Faire

  Affiliations Unit of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Stockholm, Sweden, Dept of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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