Article
VNTR polymorphism of human IL1RN in Chinese Han and She ethnic populations.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2011
Xu D-P, Ruan Y-Y, Pan Y-Q, Lin A, Li M, Yan W-H
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) is an important anti-inflammatory molecule encoded by the IL1RN gene. The polymorphism of IL1RN characterized by variable numbers of an 86 bp tandem repeat (VNTR) sequence in intron 2 has been described. Moreover, frequencies of the IL1RN alleles vary am...
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