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Interleukin-6 gene variation in Spanish patients with immunoglobulin-A deficiency.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2000
López-Mejías Raquel, Martínez Alfonso, Del Pozo Nadia, Fernández-Arquero Miguel, Ferreira Antonio, Urcelay Elena, Fontán Gumersindo, de la Concha Emilio G, Núñez Concepción
Abstract excerpt
Selective immunoglobulin-A deficiency (IgAD) is the most common immunodeficiency in Caucasian populations. Genetic factors are important in its etiology; however human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes, which explain 40% of the genetic risk for IgAD, are the only susceptibility factors commonly agreed upon at this time. Because interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays an important role in B-lymphocyte differentiation from plasma...
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