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Association between osteoporosis and polymorphisms of the IL-10 and TGF-beta genes in Turkish postmenopausal women.
Human immunology - 1 Sept 2013
Tural Sengul, Alayli Gamze, Kara Nurten, Tander Berna, Bilgici Ayhan, Kuru Omer
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease in which genetic determinants are modulated by hormonal, environmental and nutritional factors. The balance between bone resorption and bone formation seems to be regulated by a variety of growth factors and cytokines. An important clinical risk factor in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis is the presence of genetic polymorphisms in susceptibility genes. In this study, we...
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