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Vascular endothelial growth factor and tumor necrosis factor genes polymorphisms in Turkish patients with sarcoidosis.
Tuberkuloz ve toraks - 1 Jan 2008
Seyhan Ekrem Cengiz, Cetinkaya Erdoğan, Günlüoğlu Zeki, Altin Sedat, Yüksel Vedat, Işsever Halim
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphism at -857 locus of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha gene is considered to be a predisposition factor in sarcoidosis and held responsible for pathogenesis of the disease and polymorphism at +813 locus of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene is thought to decrease predisposition to sarcoidosis. In our study, we examined and compared these polymorphisms in healthy Turkish control subjects and...
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