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Interaction between IL1B gene promoter polymorphisms in determining susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori associated duodenal ulcer.
Human mutation - 1 May 2006
Chakravorty Meenakshi, Ghosh Arunima, Choudhury Abhijit, Santra Amal, Hembrum Jobaranjan, Roychoudhury Susanta
Abstract excerpt
It has been speculated that IL-1 genes play a crucial role in the genetic predisposition to duodenal ulcer upon H. pylori infection by modulating the host immune response. In the present study, 310 individuals from Eastern India were subjected to a case-control study to determine the IL1B and IL1RN risk genotypes to H. pylori mediated duodenal ulcer. An analysis of genotype frequency revealed a significantly...
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