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The IL15 +96522 A>T functional polymorphism is related to the differentiation of Th17 cells and the severity of Hashimoto's disease.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2017
Arakawa Y, Watanabe M, Takemura K, Inoue N, Hidaka Y, Iwatani Y
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the association between the genetic producibility of IL-15, a pro-inflammatory cytokine, and the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), we genotyped +96522 A>T and +82889 A>G polymorphisms in the IL15 gene using 127 patients with Hashimoto's disease (HD), including 55 patients with severe HD and 48 patients with mild HD; 130 patients with Graves' disease (GD), including 52 patients with...
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