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Gene polymorphisms in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis from Mozambique.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2015
Mabunda Nédio, Alvarado-Arnez Lucia Elena, Vubil Adolfo, Mariamo Amina, Pacheco Antonio G, Jani Ilesh V, Moraes Milton O
Abstract excerpt
Several host and environmental factors contribute to tuberculosis outcome, interestingly single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes have been evaluated in populations with different ethnicities and TB infection. In the present study we focused on SNPs in cytokine and inflammatory mediator genes: tumor necrosis factor (TNF) -308G>A (rs1800629), interleukin-10 (IL10) -819C>T (rs1800871),...
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