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Associations of plasma IL-8 levels with Helicobacter pylori seropositivity, gastric atrophy, and IL-8 T-251A genotypes.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 2010
Naito M, Eguchi H, Goto Y, Kondo T, Nishio K, Ishida Y, Kawai S, Okada R, Hishida A, Wakai K, Hamajima N
Abstract excerpt
There are few data on circulatory pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and cytokine gene polymorphisms in H. pylori-positive patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the effects of H. pylori infection, gastric atrophy, and the IL-8 T-251A polymorphism on plasma IL-8 levels in 98 Jap...
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