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Nonimmunologic complications and gene polymorphisms of immunoregulatory cytokines in long-term renal transplants.
Kidney international - 1 Jul 2004
Babel Nina, Cherepnev Georgiy, Kowalenko Alexander, Horstrup Jan, Volk Hans-Dieter, Reinke Petra
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BACKGROUND: While the influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms on immunologic complications after organ transplantation is widely evaluated, little is known about predictive value of cytokine genotype for the development of nonimmunologic post-transplant complications: hypertension, dyslipoproteinemia, diabetes mellitus, hyperuricemia. METHODS: The -1082IL-10, -308TNF-alpha, transforming growth factor-beta1...
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