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Promoter haplotypes of the interleukin-10 gene influence proliferation of peripheral blood cells in response to helminth antigen.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2004
Timmann C, Fuchs S, Thoma C, Lepping B, Brattig N W, Sievertsen J, Thye T, Müller-Myhsok B, Horstmann R D
Abstract excerpt
Since interleukin (IL)-10 is a key mediator of immunosuppression, and immunosuppression is considered an important element of helminth infection, we studied variants of the putative IL-10 gene promoter in 337 individuals from 130 families heavily exposed to infection by the tissue nematode Onchocerca volvulus. As shown by transmission disequilibrium tests, variants of the IL-10 promoter at positions -1082(G/A),...
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