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Polymorphisms of the IL12B, IL1B, and TNFA genes and susceptibility to asthma.
Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2013
Padrón-Morales J, Sanz C, Dávila I, Muñoz-Bellido F, Lorente F, Isidoro-García M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Asthma is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases in developed countries. Susceptibility to asthma is associated with interaction between multiple genes and environmental factors. Several cytokines play a major role in the pathophysiology of the disease. OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the distribution of cytokine gene polymorphisms in a group of patients with asthma and a control group in order...
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