lnterleukin-6 is a determinant of PAI-1 levels in diabetic subjects with the 4G allele at position -675 of the PAI-1 gene

Anna Rita Bonfigli; Maurizio Marra; Cristina Sirolla; Massimo Boemi; Daniela Mari; Elisabetta Sacchi; Antonio Procopio; Rina Recchioni; Claudio Franceschi; Simona Giovagnetti; Roberto Testa

doi:10.1160/TH05-07-0490

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(03): 587-588
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-07-0490

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lnterleukin-6 is a determinant of PAI-1 levels in diabetic subjects with the 4G allele at position -675 of the PAI-1 gene

Anna Rita Bonfigli

¹Diabetology Unit, INRCA, Ancona

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Maurizio Marra

¹Diabetology Unit, INRCA, Ancona

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Cristina Sirolla

¹Diabetology Unit, INRCA, Ancona

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Massimo Boemi

¹Diabetology Unit, INRCA, Ancona

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Daniela Mari

²IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Milan

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Elisabetta Sacchi

³L. Sacco Hospital, Department of Immunology and Transfusion, Milan

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Antonio Procopio

⁴Department of Molecular Pathology and Innovative Therapies, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona

⁵Centre of Otology, INRCA, Ancona

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Rina Recchioni

⁵Centre of Otology, INRCA, Ancona

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Claudio Franceschi

⁶Centre of Molecular Biology and Genetics, INRCA, Ancona

⁷Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna; Italy

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Simona Giovagnetti

⁶Centre of Molecular Biology and Genetics, INRCA, Ancona

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Roberto Testa

¹Diabetology Unit, INRCA, Ancona

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