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Cytokine expressions and H. pylori-associated gastric mucosal lesion.
The Keio journal of medicine - 1 Dec 2002
Takagi Atsushi, Deguchi Ryuzo, Kobayashi Kenji, Miwa Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
To determine the role of host genetic factors in Helicobacter pylori infection, we examined the relation between gastroduodenal diseases and IL-1B polymorphisms in patients with H. pylori infection. In addition, we also compared gastric mucosal cytokine levels in those patients. We confirmed the findings that the IL-1B-31 C-to-T base transition was inverted in association with the -511 T-to-C base transition....
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