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In-vitro characterization of novel and functional regulatory SNPs in the promoter region of IL2 and IL2R alpha in a Gabonese population.
BMC medical genetics - 7 Dec 2012
Huang Xiangsheng, Kühne Vera, Kun Jürgen F J, Soboslay Peter T, Lell Bertrand, Tp Velavan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The selection pressure imposed by the parasite has a functional consequence on the immune genes, leading to altered immune function in which regulatory T cells (Tregs) induced by parasites during infectious challenges modulate or thwart T effector cell mechanism. METHODS: We identified and investigated regulatory polymorphisms in the immune gene IL2 and its receptor IL2R alpha (also known as CD25) in...
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