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Influence of cytokine gene variations on immunization to childhood vaccines.
Vaccine - 23 Nov 2009
Yucesoy Berran, Johnson Victor J, Fluharty Kara, Kashon Michael L, Slaven James E, Wilson Nevin W, Weissman David N, Biagini Raymond E, Germolec Dori R, Luster Michael I
Abstract excerpt
The magnitude of the immune response to vaccinations can be influenced by genetic variability. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether cytokine or cytokine receptor gene polymorphisms were associated with variations in the immune response to childhood vaccination. The study group consisted of 141 healthy infants who had been immunized with hepatitis B vaccine (HBV), 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate...
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