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Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) gene polymorphisms related with susceptibility to rheumatic heart disease in north Indian population.
Immunology letters - 1 Sept 2014
Gupta Usha, Mir Snober S, Srivastava Apurva, Garg Naveen, Agarwal Surendra K, Pande Shantanu, Mittal Balraj
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the most serious complication of heart that comprises inflammatory reactions in heart valves. Cytokines play a critical role in triggering inflammatory reactions and they activate the Janus Kinase/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway. Altered signals of STATs play important roles in the balance between proinflammatory and...
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