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G allele at -924 A > G position of FoxP3 gene promoter as a risk factor for tuberculosis.
BMC infectious diseases - 11 Oct 2017
Beiranvand Elham, Abediankenari Saeid, Khani Soghra, Hosseini Hamideh Mahmoodzadeh, Zeinali Sirous, Beiranvand Behnoush, Goudarzi Mehdi, Seyedjavadi Sima Sadat
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BACKGROUND: Forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3) is an important factor for development and function of Regulatory T cells (Treg). Studies have found an association between common gene polymorphisms in FoxP3 and some infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible associations between two Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the promoter of the FoxP3 gene to susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB)...
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