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Structure of tumor necrosis factor-alpha haploblocks in European populations.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jul 2013
Merino Aimee M, Zhang Kui, Kaslow Richard A, Aissani Brahim
Abstract excerpt
DNA variants in the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) and linked lymphotoxin-α genes, and specific alleles of the highly polymorphic human leukocyte antigen B (HLA-B) gene have been implicated in a plethora of immune and infectious diseases. However, the tight linkage disequilibrium characterizing the central region of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) containing these gene loci has made difficult the...
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