Article
Interleukin-17F gene polymorphism in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia.
European journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2011
Saitoh Takayuki, Tsukamoto Norifumi, Koiso Hiromi, Mitsui Takeki, Yokohama Akihiko, Handa Hiroshi, Karasawa Masamitsu, Ogawara Hatsue, Nojima Yoshihisa, Murakami Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: IL-17F is a novel inflammatory cytokine and plays an important role in some autoimmune diseases. We investigated the association between chronic ITP and the frequency of the single-nucleotide polymorphism rs763780 (7488T/C), which causes a His-to-Arg substitution at amino acid 161. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We examined 102 patients (men/women, 40/62; median age, 42) diagnosed with chronic ITP and 188...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Female
