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Disease association of the interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in Taiwan Chinese systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2007
Lin Y-J, Wan L, Lee C-C, Huang C-M, Tsai Y, Tsai C-H, Shin T-L, Chao K, Liu C-M, Xiao J-W, Tsai F-J
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-18, an important mediator of innate and adaptive immunity, plays multiple roles in chronic inflammation, in autoimmune diseases, in a variety of cancers and in number of infectious diseases. IL-18 promoter polymorphisms have been also noted associated with various inflammatory diseases. We investigated the association of IL-18 promoter polymorphisms (-656T/G, -607A/C and -137C/G) with systemic...
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