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No association of cytokine gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with atopic dermatitis.
Clinical and experimental dermatology - 1 May 2006
Chang Y T, Lee W R, Yu C W, Liu H N, Lin M W, Huang C H, Chen C C, Lee D D, Wang W J, Hu C H, Tsai S F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronically relapsing skin disease associated with the activation of T-helper 2 cells. Recent studies have shown that polymorphisms in the genes for interleukin (IL)-4, the IL-4 receptor, IL-13, and signal transducer and activator 6 (STAT6) may contribute to susceptibility of AD. To date, no cytokine gene polymorphism study has been conducted on Chinese patients with...
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