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Identification of Kinesin-1 Cargos Using Fluorescence Microscopy
Published on: February 14, 2016
[Motor protein Kinesin-6 and ischemic heart disease]
Abstract:
The review describes possible role of kinesins in development of coronary heart disease and efficacy of treatment with statins. Fourty five kinesins are represented in human body making up a superfamily of universal and simplest motor proteins which are expressed almost in all tissues. Level of kinesin 6 is 5% higher than expression of other kinesins in some segments of coronary arteries and it is relatively low in organs playing unknown role in susceptibility to atherosclerosis. As a result of several genoms wide association studies the role of polymorphic marker Thr719Arg of kinesin 6 gene in development of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, and in efficacy of therapy with statins was revealed.
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