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Investigation of association of the IL-12B and IL-23R genetic variations with psoriatic risk in a South Indian Tamil cohort.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2016
Indhumathi S, Rajappa Medha, Chandrashekar Laxmisha, Ananthanarayanan P H, Thappa D M, Negi V S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a T-cell mediated chronic systemic inflammatory skin disease. Emerging evidences suggest the interleukin (IL)-12B and IL-23R genes encoding the common p40 subunit of IL-12 and IL-23 are the key cytokines in T-helper (Th)1 and Th17 differentiation and function. Certain allelic variants of these genes significantly influence the risk of psoriasis. Hence we undertook to study the association...
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