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Donor interleukin 1 receptor antagonist genotype associated with acute graft‐versus‐host disease in human leucocyte antigen‐matched sibling allogeneic transplants
1 Jun 2001
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin 1 (IL-1) is involved in various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) is the naturally occurring antagonist to IL-1alpha and -1beta. Polymorphisms of IL-1beta have been associated with variations in IL-1beta production (nucleotides +3953 and -511). A variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the IL-1Ra gene has been associated (allele 2) with increased...
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