Article
Genetic variants in genes of the inflammatory response in association with infective endocarditis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Weinstock Melanie, Grimm Imke, Dreier Jens, Knabbe Cornelius, Vollmer Tanja
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Inflammation in infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex network including interactions of inflammatory cytokines and other components of host response. Certainly, any variation in this network could influence susceptibility or disease progression of IE. In this study, 14 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in genes coding for interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, toll-like receptor-4, tumor necrosis...
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