Article
Association of CTLA4 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility and pathology correlation to pulmonary tuberculosis in Southern Han Chinese.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2012
Wang Chong, Jiang Tingting, Wei Liliang, Li Fujian, Sun Xiaojun, Fan Dapeng, Liu Jiyan, Zhang Xing, Xu Dandan, Chen Zhongliang, Li Zhongjie, Fu Xiaoyan, Li Ji-Cheng
Abstract excerpt
The cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA4) gene is a key negative regulator of the T lymphocyte immune response. It has been found that CTLA4 +49A>G (rs231775), +6230G>A (rs3087243), and 11430G>A (rs11571319) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to many autoimmune diseases, and can down-regulate the inhibition of cellular immune response of CTLA4. Three SNPs in CTLA4 were genotyped by using the PCR...
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