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Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphism in patients with atopic asthma.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2007
Pawlik A, Kaminski M, Kuśnierczyk P, Kurzawski M, Dziedziejko V, Adamska M, Safranow K, Gawronska-Szklarz B
Abstract excerpt
Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease in which interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays an important role. However, there are controversial reports on IL-18 promoter polymorphism as an independent marker of asthma susceptibility. The aim of the present study was to examine the IL-18 promoter polymorphism in patients with allergic asthma. Two hundred and thirty-one patients with allergic asthma from a Polish...
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