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Genetic polymorphism of IL-12 p40 gene in immune-mediated disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Feb 2000
Hall M A, McGlinn E, Coakley G, Fisher S A, Boki K, Middleton D, Kaklamani E, Moutsopoulos H, Loughran T P, Ollier W E, Panayi G S, Lanchbury J S
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Understanding of the genetic basis of autoimmune diseases is currently incomplete. Cytokine gene polymorphisms warrant consideration as factors explaining variation in the human immune and inflammatory responses and as candidate susceptibility genes for related pathological states. Interleukin 12 (IL-12) is a key regulator of the polarisation of immune responses to T helper 1 or 2 categories and plays a role in...
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