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Polymorphisms for interleukin-4 (IL-4) -590 promoter, IL-4 intron3, and tumor necrosis factor alpha -308 promoter: non-association with endometriosis.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2002
Hsieh Yao-Yuan, Chang Chi-Chen, Tsai Fuu-Jen, Hsu Yuan, Tsai Horng-Der, Tsai Chang-Hai
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a cytokine with anti-inflammatory properties. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), a pluripotent proinflammatory cytokine, plays an important role in the process of numerous inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. We aimed to investigate whether gene polymorphisms for the IL-4 -590 promoter, IL-4 intron3 and TNFalpha -308 promoter could be used as markers of susceptibility in...
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