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Interest of tumor necrosis factor-alpha -308 G/A and interleukin-10 -592 C/A polymorphisms in human African trypanosomiasis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2006
Courtin David, Argiro Laurent, Jamonneau Vincent, N'dri Louis, N'guessan Paul, Abel Laurent, Dessein Alain, Cot Michel, Laveissiere Claude, Garcia André
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This study aimed to determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) and interleukin-10 (IL10) promoters and genes are associated with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The polymorphisms used in the analysis were TNF(-308G/A), TNF(-238G/A), TNF(-1031T/C), TNF(+488G/A), IL10(-1082G/A) and IL10(-592C/A). A familial case-control sample of 277 individuals (102...
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