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A functional variant of IFNgamma gene is associated with coeliac disease.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2004
Rueda B, Martínez A, López-Nevot M A, Mas-Fontao A, Paco L, Ortega E, Fernández-Arquero M, Urcelay E, Gomez de la Concha E, Martín J
Abstract excerpt
In coeliac disease (CD) a profile of proinflammatory cytokines are secreted interferon gamma (IFNgamma) being one of the most important. A dinucleotide polymorphism consisting of a variable number of CA repeats related with IFNgamma production levels, has been reported on the first intron of the IFNgamma gene. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of the functional IFNgamma CA repeats in CD...
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