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Ethnic differences in allelic associations of the interleukin-1 gene cluster in South African patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in control individuals.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 2001
Mwantembe O, Gaillard M C, Barkhuizen M, Pillay V, Berry S D, Dewar J B, Song E
Abstract excerpt
The allelic frequencies of TaqI, PstI, and variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphisms of the IL-1beta, IL-1 receptor (IL-1Re), and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) respectively, were investigated in black and white patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and compared with control individuals. Plasma concentrations of IL-1beta and IL-1Ra were also determined in these individuals. The IL-1beta...
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