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Analysis of the 5' flanking region of the interleukin 10 gene in patients with systemic sclerosis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 2003
Crilly A, Hamilton J, Clark C J, Jardine A, Madhok R
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OBJECTIVES: Fibrosis, a feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), is more severe in the diffuse compared with the limited disease variant. Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine which reduces type 1 collagen mRNA levels in human fibroblasts. The 5' flanking region of the IL-10 gene is highly polymorphic, with three single base pair substitutions at position -1082(G/A), -819(C/T) and -592(C/A), which...
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