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Effect of IL-12B, IL-2, TGF-β1, and IL-4 polymorphism and expression on hepatitis B progression.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Feb 2014
Saxena Roli, Chawla Yogesh Kumar, Verma Indu, Kaur Jyotdeep
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection-induced chronic inflammation is considered to be the major etiological factor for HBV-related disease chronicity. Cytokines act as the key coordinators of the inflammatory responses involved in HBV disease pathogenesis. The present study assessed association among IL-12B(+1188), IL-2(-330), TGF-β1(-509), and IL-4(-590) genotypes; mRNA; and protein levels with...
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