title: Are promoter polymorphisms of interleukin 6 ready to be applied in genetic markers of cardiovascular diseases?
authors.forename: Sadahiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000235:genetics; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects