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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in psoriasis.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Apr 2001
Craven N M, Jackson C W, Kirby B, Perrey C, Pravica V, Hutchinson I V, Griffiths C E
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BACKGROUND: Cytokine production is under genetic control, and certain allelic variants of cytokine genes are associated with higher or lower cytokine production in vitro and in vivo. Psoriasis is associated with an overexpression in the involved skin of T-helper cell type 1 (Th1) cytokines, e.g....
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