Article
Association of interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms with ischemic heart failure.
Cardiology journal - 1 Jan 2014
Mahmoudi Mohammad Jafar, Hedayat Mona, Taghvaei Mohammad, Nematipour Ebrahim, Farhadi Elham, Esfahanian Nilufar, Sadr Maryam, Mahmoudi Maryam, Nourijelyani Keramat, Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Rezaei Nima
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: As of the potential immunomodulatory effects of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and its importance in inhibiting the production of proinflammatory cytokines by monocytes and activated T cells, the IL-4 gene polymorphisms were investigated in a group of patients with chronic heart failure due to...
Topics
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Heart Failure
- Humans
- Interleukin-4
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Ischemia
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic