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Cytokine gene polymorphisms in the Dutch population.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2007
Skorpil N, Kolesár L, Striz I, Lardy N M, Slavcev A
Abstract excerpt
Numerous studies have shown that variations in the production and activity of cytokines influence the susceptibility and/or resistance to various infectious agents, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, as well as the predisposition to allograft rejection. Differences in the production of cytokines between individuals are often caused by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the promoter or coding regions of...
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