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Haplotypes of the IL10 gene as potential protection factors in leprosy patients.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI - 1 Oct 2013
Garcia Patricia, Alencar Dayse, Pinto Pablo, Santos Ney, Salgado Claudio, Sortica Vinicius A, Hutz Mara H, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Ândrea, Santos Sidney
Abstract excerpt
Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae characterized by dermatoneurological signs and symptoms that has a large number of new cases worldwide. Several studies have associated interleukin 10 with susceptibility/resistance to several diseases. We investigated haplotypes formed by three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the IL10 gene (A-1082G, C-819T, and C-592A) in order to...
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