Article
Interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms confer Behçet's disease in Turkish population.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jun 2011
Oral H B, Dilek K, Özçimen A A, Taşkapılıoğlu Ö, Bingöl Ü, Sarandöl A, Sarıcaoğlu H, Yurtkuran M, Yurtkuran M A
Abstract excerpt
Several cytokine genes may play crucial roles in host susceptibility to Behçet's Disease (BD), because the cytokine production capacity varies among individuals and depends on the cytokine gene polymorphisms. The association of the IL-4 and IL-4Rα gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility to BD was investigated in this study. DNA samples were obtained from a Turkish population of 97 patients with BD and 76...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Behcet Syndrome
- Chi-Square Distribution
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-4
- Male
