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IL1RN VNTR and IL2-330 polymorphic genes are independently associated with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2010
Rocha Andreia Maria Camargos, De Souza Cláudia, Rocha Gifone Aguiar, De Melo Fabrício Freire, Saraiva Isadora Sofia Borges, Clementino Nelma Cristina Diogo, Marino Marília Campos Abreu, Queiroz Dulciene Maria Magalhães
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia (cITP) is an acquired immune-mediated disease associated with a T-helper cell type 1 (Th1) immune polarization, whose genetic risk factors, however, are largely unknown. We investigated polymorphisms in promoter regions of genes that code molecules involved in proi...
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