Article
Role of IL-17 Variants in Preeclampsia in Chinese Han Women.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Wang Haiyan, Guo Mingzhen, Liu Fenghua, Wang Jingli, Zhou Zheng, Ji Jing, Ye Yuanhua, Song Weiqing, Liu Shiguo, Sun Bo
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested an important role for IL-17, mainly secreted by Th17 cells, in the development of systemic inflammation in preeclampsia (PE). This study therefore investigated the association between genetic variants in IL-17A, IL-17F, and IL-17RA and susceptibility to PE in Chinese Han women. We recruited 1,031 PE patients and 1,298 controls of later pregnant women, and used TaqMan allelic...
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