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Recipient cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 +49 single-nucleotide polymorphism is not associated with acute rejection after liver transplantation in Chinese population.
International journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2013
Jiang Zhijun, Chen Ying, Feng Xiaonin, Xie Haiyang, Zhou Lin, Zheng Shusen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene have been detected and proved to associate with the incidence of rejection after transplantation. However, previous studies gained inconsistent results about the association between CTLA-4 +49 single-nucleotide polymorphism and susceptibility of allograft rejection. Therefore we sought to clarify whether CTLA-4 +49...
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