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Interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms are associated with Behcet's disease but not with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in the Chinese Han population.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2015
Hu Jianmin, Hou Shengping, Zhu Xueping, Fang Jing, Zhou Yan, Liu Yunjia, Bai Lin, Kijlstra Aize, Yang Peizeng
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the association of interleukin (IL)-10 gene polymorphisms with Behcet's disease (BD) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in the Chinese Han population. METHODS: A two-stage association study was performed on 718 BD patients, 300 VKH patients, and 1,753 controls. Genotyping of the IL-10 gene was performed for six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including...
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