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IL-10 genotype predicts serum levels of adhesion molecules, inflammation and atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Kahraman Serkan, Yilmaz Rahmi, Arici Mustafa, Altun Bulent, Erdem Yunus, Yasavul Unai, Turgan Cetin
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BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD) patients suffer from inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis that accounts for a large number of premature deaths. The anti-inflammatory interleukin (IL)-10 gene is polymorphic and potential direct effects of IL-10 gene polymorphisms on the circulating serum levels of adhesion molecules, inflammation and atherosclerosis in HD patients still have to be elucidated. METHODS: In a...
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