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IL-4 and MTHFR gene polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis and their effects.
Immunology letters - 1 May 2013
Inanir Ahmet, Yigit Serbulent, Tekcan Akın, Tural Sengul, Kismali Gorkem
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the joints. Polymorphic variations of the cytokine genes and MTHFR gene have received attention as potential markers of susceptibility, severity, and/or protection in RA. The aim of this study was to investigate the MTHFR C677T and IL-4 70bp VNTR variation in Turkish patients with RA and evaluate if there was an association...
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