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Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphisms in Brazilian population and in Terena Indians.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 May 2004
Albuquerque A G, Moraes M, Vanderborght P R, Romero M, Santos A R, Moraes M O, Moraes J R
Abstract excerpt
The Terena Amerindians are located in the midwestern region of Brazil. We have previously reported a restricted polymorphism for HLA class I and class II in 99 unrelated Terena using PCR-SSO and more recently for MICA. There are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that determine high or low production of certain cytokines. We have now studied the frequencies of mutant allele (A) at position -308 in the...
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