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Genetic variations of interleukin-8, CXCR1 and CXCR2 genes and risk of acute pyelonephritis in children.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2012
Javor J, Bucova M, Cervenova O, Kralinsky K, Sadova E, Suchankova M, Liptakova A
Abstract excerpt
Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is the most severe form of urinary tract infection, the etiopathogenesis of which is still not well understood. Previous studies demonstrated that chemotaxis of neutrophils into the tissue and across the infected epithelial layer is a key step in rapid bacterial clearance. Variations within genes encoding the major chemokine interleukin-8 and its receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 are therefore...
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