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Interleukin 8 Gene Polymorphisms Are Not Associated with Tuberculosis Susceptibility in the Chinese Population.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Feb 2016
Ma Yan, Liu Yu Hong, Zhang Zhi Guo, Wang Li, Yang Xiao Wei, Li Chuan You, Che Nan Ying
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Interleukin 8 (IL8) is an important chemokine that elicits host immune response against tuberculosis (TB). However, whether there is an association between IL8 gene polymorphism and TB susceptibility in the Chinese population is unknown. IL8 gene was amplified and sequenced to search for nucleotide polymorphisms among the Chinese population. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified, selected,...
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