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Association of the interleukin (IL)-16 gene polymorphisms with Graves' disease.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Jun 2008
Gu Xue-Jiang, Cui Bin, Zhao Ze-Fei, Chen Hao-Yan, Li Xiao-Ying, Wang Shu, Ning Guang, Zhao Yong-Ju
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-16 was one of the cytokines with the function of T helper cell recruitment, whose expression in the thyrocyte and orbital fibroblast of Graves' disease (GD) patients was increased. Recently association of IL-16 gene polymorphisms with autoimmune diseases had been reported. However, there was little known about the impact of IL-16 gene polymorphisms on GD. In this study, we performed a...
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