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Association between donor and recipient Interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms and the risk of infection after liver transplantation.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 19 Oct 2017
Shi Bao-Jie, Yu Xiao-Yu, Li Hao, Xing Tong-Hai, Fan Jun-Wei, Wang Pei-Wen, Peng Zhi-Hai, Zhong Lin
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the association between Interleukin-18 (IL-18) gene polymorphisms of the donor and recipient in liver transplant patients with bacterial infections. METHODS: Five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs7106524, rs5744247, rs1946518, rs549908 and rs187238) of the IL-18 gene from the donors were genotyped and their association with post-operative...
