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Effect of HLA-DR matching on acute rejection after clinical heart transplantation might be influenced by an IL-2 gene polymorphism.
Transplantation - 27 Apr 2002
Holweg Cecile T J, Peeters Annemiek M A, Balk Aggie H M M, Uitterlinden André G, Niesters Hubert G M, Maat Alex P W M, Weimar Willem, Baan Carla C
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BACKGROUND: To examine whether genetic factors are involved in the development of acute rejection (AR), we investigated a (CA)m(CT)n repeat in the 3'-flanking region of the interleukin (IL)-2 gene. METHOD: We genotyped 290 heart transplant recipients with and without AR (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation criteria > or =3A) and 101 controls. RESULTS: The frequency of allele 135 of the repeat...
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