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Interferon-gamma gene (T874A and G2109A) polymorphisms are associated with microscopy-positive tuberculosis.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Feb 2006
Etokebe G E, Bulat-Kardum L, Johansen M S, Knezevic J, Balen S, Matakovic-Mileusnic N, Matanic D, Flego V, Pavelic J, Beg-Zec Z, Dembic Z
Abstract excerpt
Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis includes several unknown yet different loci each contributing to a small extent. Intronic polymorphisms within the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) gene IFNG T+874A and IFNG G+2109A correlate with the IFN-gamma production in vitro, and the frequency of potential high IFN-gamma producers was previously reported by others to be lower in patients than in controls from Sicily. The...
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