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-174G/C interleukin-6 gene polymorphism and the risk of transplanted kidney failure or graft loss during a 5-year follow-up period.
Tissue antigens - 1 Apr 2011
Kocierz M, Siekiera U, Kolonko A, Karkoszka H, Chudek J, Cierpka L, Wiȩcek A
Abstract excerpt
The influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms on transplanted kidney outcome is not well understood. The aim of this one-centre study was to analyse the association between tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) genotypes and the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), acute rejection (AR) and 5-year kidney graft loss....
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