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01-10-2013 | Letter
The 372 T/C genetic polymorphism of TIMP-1 as a biomarker of mortality in patients with sepsis
Authors:
Leonardo Lorente, Maria M Martín
Published in:
Critical Care
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Issue 5/2013
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Excerpt
In the previous issue of
Critical Care, Behnes and colleagues [
1] provide an interesting commentary on our study showing that septic patients with the T-allele in 372 T/C (rs4898) genetic polymorphism of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) had higher mortality and higher TIMP-1 serum levels than those without it [
2]. …