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Association of serum cytokines levels, interleukin 10 -1082G/A and interferon-γ +874T/A polymorphisms with atopic asthma children from Saudi Arabia.
Cellular immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Hussein Y M, Alzahrani S S, Alharthi A A, Ghonaim M M, Alhazmi A S, Eed E M, Shalaby S M
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to clarify the role of IL-4, IL-10, IL-13 and interferon (IFN) -γ levels in atopic asthma patients by studying the relation between their serum levels and severity of the disease. The effect of IL-10 -1082G/A and IFN-γ +874T/A SNPs was also studied. The study included 200 atopic children with asthma and 50 age- and gender matched healthy children as controls. The levels of both IL-4 and...
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