Cardiovascular Disease

Research data from University of Munster, Department of Molecular Genetics update understanding of cardiovascular disease

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, October 2nd, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Functional and structural profiling of the human thrombopoietin gene promoter' new findings in cardiovascular disease. According to a study from Munster, Germany, "Human thrombopoietin (TPO) is involved in cardiovascular disease as it regulates megakaryocyte development and enhances platelet adhesion/aggregation. The THPO promoter structure is still controversial."

"By reverse transcription-PCR, we confirm that THPO transcription is cell line-dependently initiated at two alternative promoters, which we newly designated P1a and P1. We subsequently electrophoretically scanned and resequenced these portions in 95 and 57 patients with cardiovascular...

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