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The association of interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms and serum levels with duodenal ulcer, and their correlations with bacterial CagA and VacA virulence factors.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2013
Rezaeifar Alireza, Eskandari-Nasab Ebrahim, Moghadampour Mehdi, Kharazi-Nejad Eslam, Hasani Seyed-Shahab-Adin, Asadi-Saghandi Abolghasem, Hadadi-Fishani Mehdi, Sepanjnia Adel, Sadeghi-Kalani Behrooz
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We analyzed the impact of interleukin (IL)-18 promoter polymorphisms on IL-18 serum levels in Helicobacter pylori-infected duodenal ulcer (DU) patients and healthy asymptomatic (AS) carriers. We also aimed to determine the association of the H. pylori virulence factors CagA and VacA a...
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