Article
Analysis of polymorphisms in interleukin-10, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in Mexican-Mestizo women with pre-eclampsia.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Nov 2012
Valencia Villalvazo Elith Yazmin, Canto-Cetina Thelma, Romero Arauz Juan Fernando, Coral-Vázquez Ramón Mauricio, Canizales-Quinteros Samuel, Coronel Agustín, Carlos Falcón Juan, Hernández Rivera Jaime, Ibarra Roberto, Polanco Reyes Lucila, Canto Patricia
Abstract excerpt
Due to the fact that studies seeking associations of polymorphisms in regulatory regions of cytokine genes with pre-eclampsia (PE) have not always been consistent in different population analyses, the aim of this study was to investigate the possible association between rs1800896 of interleukin-10 (IL-10), rs1800795 of interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) in intron 2 of...
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