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Interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphisms and susceptibility to clinical malaria in a Gambian case-control study.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Feb 2004
Walley Andrew J, Aucan Christophe, Kwiatkowski Dominic, Hill Adrian V S
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-1 (IL1) is a potent endogenous pyrogen and inducer of the acute phase response, and these innate immune responses are an important part of the human host's initial reaction to infection by the malaria parasite. In addition, several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in this region have previously been demonstrated to be associated with susceptibility to infectious disease. Therefore, a possible...
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