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Genetic polymorphisms in the genes encoding human interleukin-7 receptor-alpha: prognostic significance in allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Mar 2006
Shamim Z, Ryder L P, Heilmann C, Madsen H, Lauersen H, Andersen P K, Svejgaard A, Jacobsen N, Müller K
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Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is essential for T-cell development in the thymus and for the maintenance of peripheral T cells. IL-7 signals through IL-7R, that consists of the gammac-chain and an alpha-chain. Sequencing of IL-7Ralpha has revealed the existence of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (+510C/T, +1237 A/G, 2087T/C and +3110A/G), which all give rise to amino-acid substitutions. The aim of the present...
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