Endogenous genetic risk factor for serious heatstroke: the thermolabile phenotype of carnitine palmitoyltransferase II variant.

Jun OdaTetsuo YukiokaKazunari AzumaTakao AraiJunji ChidaHiroshi Kido

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2018)

In addition to known risks (e.g., environmental temperature and old age), the CPT II polymorphism [F352C] can be a predisposing genetic risk factor for serious heatstroke with organ disfunction, and lower antithrombin activity.

Keyphrases

genome wide
human health
copy number
risk assessment
dna methylation
gene expression
climate change
life cycle