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Cytokine gene polymorphisms predict acute graft rejection following renal transplantation.
Kidney international - 1 Jul 1999
Sankaran D, Asderakis A, Ashraf S, Roberts I S, Short C D, Dyer P A, Sinnott P J, Hutchinson I V
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BACKGROUND: The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute rejection, while animal models suggest a role for interleukin-10 (IL-10) in promoting graft survival. It has also been shown that polymorphisms in the TNFA gene promoter (position -308) and in the IL-10 gene promoter (position -1082) correlate with differential production of these...
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