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Interleukin-10 (-819 C/T) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (-308 G/A) gene variants influence gastritis and lymphoid follicle development.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Mar 2008
Achyut B R, Tripathi Priya, Ghoshal Uday Chand, Moorchung Nikhil, Mittal Balraj
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) causes gastritis, development of lymphoid follicles and later monoclonal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. We evaluated the association of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (-308 G/A) and IL-10 (-819 C/T) gene polymorphisms with gastritis and lymphoid follicle formation. H. pylori infection was detected using modified Giemsa staining and IgG anti-CagA enzyme-linked...
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