The interleukin-4 -589C/T polymorphism and the risk of asthma: a meta-analysis including 7,345 cases and 7,819 controls.

doi:10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.027

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The interleukin-4 -589C/T polymorphism and the risk of asthma: a meta-analysis including 7,345 cases and 7,819 controls.

Gene - 10 May 2013

Nie Wei, Zhu Zhaoqin, Pan Xin, Xiu Qingyu

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BACKGROUND: A number of studies assessed the association of -589C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of interleukin-4 (IL-4) with asthma in different populations. However, the results were contradictory. A meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the association between polymorphism in the I...

Topics

Black or African American
Asian People
Asthma
Case-Control Studies
Confidence Intervals
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Interleukin-4
Odds Ratio
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Risk Factors
White People

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