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Polymorphisms in interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 may be associated with risk of preeclampsia.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 23 Feb 2017
Fan D M, Wang Y, Liu X L, Zhang A, Xu Q
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia is a common condition unique to pregnant women. Previous studies have suggested that several cytokines may contribute to defective placental invasion and endothelial damage in this condition. We investigated the influence of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoters of IL-6 (-572G/C, -597G/A, and -174G/C) and IL-10 (-592A/C) on susceptibility to preeclampsia in a Chinese...
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