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Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 gene polymorphisms in Japanese children with infection-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2010
Yoshiyama Megumi, Kounami Shinji, Nakayama Keiko, Okutani Takahiro, Aoyagi Noriyuki, Yoshikawa Norishige
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether genetic polymorphisms in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), a negative regulator of T cells, are associated with infection-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (IHLH) in Japanese children. METHODS: We investigated the alleles of four polymorphisms in the CTLA-4 gene [-318CT, +49AG, CT60 and a dinucleotide repeat length polymorphism (AT)n] in 43...
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