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Association of interleukin (IL)-4 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) and IL-4-590 promoter polymorphisms with susceptibility to pediatric autoimmune hepatitis type 1.
Cytokine - 1 Oct 2018
Mansour Amira Ibrahim, Behairy Ola Galal, Abd Almonaem Eman Rateb, Abd-Rabuh Rasha Mahmoud, Ahmed Inas Abd Elmonem
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease mediated by an autoimmune reaction to hepatocytes, the present study aimed to assess the possible associations between interleukin-4 (IL-4) variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) and IL-4-590 promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to autoimmune hepatitis type 1 in children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study was performed on 101...
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