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IFN-gamma and TNF associated with severe falciparum malaria infection in Saudi pregnant women.
Malaria journal - 13 Aug 2014
Nasr Amre, Allam Gamal, Hamid Osama, Al-Ghamdi Abdelhamid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ), encoded by TNF-836 C/A (rs 1800630) and IFN-γ -1616 C/T (rs2069705) genes, are key immunological mediators that are believed to both play protective and pathological roles in malaria. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between TNF-836 C/A and IFN-γ-1616 C/T polymorphism and susceptibility to severe malaria in pregnant...
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