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Interleukin-10 and sudden infant death syndrome.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2004
Moscovis Sophia M, Gordon Ann E, Al Madani Osama M, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney J, Roberts-Thomson June, Hall Sharron T, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony, Blackwell C Caroline
Abstract excerpt
Uncontrolled pro-inflammatory responses to infections or bacterial toxins have been suggested to play a role in triggering the physiological events leading to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). We tested the hypothesis that these uncontrolled responses might be due to interactions between the gene polymorphisms inducing low levels of IL-10 and exposure to cigarette smoke. In vitro, the IL-10 (G-1082A)...
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