Abstract:Background
Infection is the second most common cause of mortality for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), accompanying with immune dysfunction. Endothelin (
EDN
) is known to be related to inflammation; however, it is unknown whether genetic variants of the
EDN
gene family are associated with increased risk of hospitalized infection events.
Methods
Nineteen tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) of… Show more
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