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IL1RN genetic variations and risk of IPF: a meta-analysis and mRNA expression study.
Immunogenetics - 1 May 2012
Korthagen Nicoline M, van Moorsel Coline H M, Kazemier Karin M, Ruven Henk J T, Grutters Jan C
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and devastating lung disease of unknown aetiology. Genetic variations in the IL1RN gene, encoding the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), have been associated with IPF susceptibility. Several studies investigated the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) or single nucleotide polymorphisms rs408392, rs419598 and rs2637988, with variable results. The aim of this...
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