%0 Journal Article %T Presencia del alelo T para el polimorfismo rs2781666 G>T del gen arginasa 1 constituye un factor protector contra enfermedad arterial coronaria %A Salazar %A Luis A %A Gallardo %A Natalia %A Jara %A Valentina %A Torres %A Daniela %A Saavedra %A Nicol¨¢s %A Jaramillo %A Priscilla %A Caama£¿o %A Jos¨¦ %A Lanas %A Cecilia %A Lanas %A Fernando %J Revista chilena de cardiolog¨ªa %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-85602010000300005 %X background: recent data support a role for arginase 1 (arg1) in the initiation, development, and compli-cations of coronary artery disease. thus, in the present study we investigated the possible association between the rs2781666 g>t variant of arg1 and the presence of cad confirmed by angiography in chilean subjects. methods: a total of 124 unrelated patients with diagnosis of cad confirmed by angiography (stenosis > 70%) and 123 healthy controls (30 - 74 years o¨ªd) were in-cluded in this study. the rs2781666 g>t variant of the arg1 gene was evaluated by pcr-rflr results: the frequency of tt homozygous genotype in cad patients was lower when compared to control group (6.5% vs. 8.0%, p=0.032). similarly, the t al¨ªele frequency was different between cad and control groups (0.230 vs. 0.325, p=0.031). the or for cad related to t al¨ªele was 0.64 (95%ci. = 0.43-0.94), con-firming the association founded. conclusi¨®n: these findings suggest that the t al¨ªele for rs2781666 polymorphism of the arg1 gene constitutes an inherited protective factor against cad in southern chilean subjects. %K coronary artery disease %K gene polymorphism %K arg1. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-85602010000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en