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A study on the association of TNF-α(-308), IL-6(-174), IL-10(-1082) and IL-1Ra(VNTR) gene polymorphisms with rheumatic heart disease in Pakistani patients.
Cytokine - 1 Feb 2013
Rehman Sadia, Akhtar Naveed, Saba Nusrat, Munir Saeeda, Ahmed Waqar, Mohyuddin Aisha, Khanum Azra
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Inflammation is an important contributor to the pathogenesis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disorder of heart valves caused by a combination of immune, genetic and environmental factors. Cytokines are important mediators of inflammatory and immune responses. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of cytokine gene polymorphisms and their potential usefulness as biomarkers in RHD patients from...
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