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A genetic variant in the IL-17 promoter is functionally associated with acute graft-versus-host disease after unrelated bone marrow transplantation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Espinoza J Luis, Takami Akiyoshi, Nakata Katsuya, Onizuka Makoto, Kawase Takakazu, Akiyama Hideki, Miyamura Koichi, Morishima Yasuo, Fukuda Takahiro, Kodera Yoshihisa, Nakao Shinji
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin IL-17 is a proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs2275913, in the promoter region of the IL-17 gene is associated with susceptibility to ulcerative colitis. When we examined the impact of rs2275913 in a cohort consisting of 438 pairs of patients and their unrelated donors transplanted through the...
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