Association of liver X receptor α (LXRα) gene polymorphism and ischemic stroke
We examined the relationship between the liver X receptor a gene (LXRα) rsl2221497 polymorphism and the susceptibility to ischemic stroke in a Chinese population. The polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique was used to detect the genotype of rsl2221497 in the LXRαgene of 300 stroke patients and 300 healthy control subjects. The chi-square test was used to analyze the genotype distribution between the 2 groups.