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Association of the -31C/T functional polymorphism in the interleukin-1beta gene with the intractability of Graves' disease and the proportion of T helper type 17 cells.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 2009
Hayashi F, Watanabe M, Nanba T, Inoue N, Akamizu T, Iwatani Y
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-1beta is a proinflammatory cytokine and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. To evaluate the hypothesis that the functional -31C/T polymorphism (rs1143627) in the gene encoding IL-1beta is associated with the intractability and the severity of a...
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