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Comprehensive analysis of three TYK2 gene variants in the susceptibility to Chagas disease infection and cardiomyopathy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Leon Rodriguez Daniel A, Acosta-Herrera Marialbert, Carmona F David, Dolade Nuria, Vargas Sofia, Echeverría Luis Eduardo, González Clara Isabel, Martin Javier
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) is a member of the Janus kinases family implicated in the signal transduction of type I interferons and several interleukins. It has been described that genetic mutations within TYK2 lead to multiple deleterious effects in the immune response. In this work, we have analyzed three functional independent variants from the frequency spectrum on the TYK2 gene (common and low-frequency...
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