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Proinflammatory gene polymorphisms are potentially associated with Korean non-Sjogren dry eye patients.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2011
Na Kyung-Sun, Mok Jee-Won, Kim Ja Yeon, Joo Choun-Ki
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PURPOSE: To determine whether proinflammatory cytokine genes were potential susceptibility candidate genes for Korean patients with non-Sjogren dry eye, we investigated the association of the interleukin 1 beta (IL1B), interleukin 6 (IL6), and interleukin 6 receptor (IL6R) variations with this disease in Korean patients. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from blood samples of unrelated non-Sjogren dry eye...
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