Article
Genotyping of IL-4 -590 (C>T) Gene in Iraqi Asthma Patients.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2017
Hussein Ihsan A, Jaber Saddam H
Abstract excerpt
This study is the first investigation in Iraq dealing with genotyping of IL-4 -590 (C>T) gene, especially in Iraqi patients with asthma. We studied forty-eight blood samples collected from patients with asthma and compared with age-matched 25 healthy individuals as controls. The polymorphism results of IL-4 -590 (C>T) gene by using amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS-PCR) showed the presence of C and T...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Asthma
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interleukin-4
- Iraq
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide