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Association of IL33 and IL1RAP Polymorphisms With Acute Anterior Uveitis.
Current molecular medicine - 9 Mar 2018
Huang X-F, Chi W, Lin D, Dai M-L, Wang Y-L, Yang Y-M, Jin Z-B, Wang Y
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BACKGROUND: AAU (acute anterior uveitis) is the most common entity of uveitis characterized by acute vision loss and violent sore eyes. IL-33 and IL-1RacP have been found to play crucial roles in the innate immune system. OBJECTIVE: In the present study, we investigated the association of IL33 and IL1RAP genes with AAU. METHOD: A total of 549 AAU patients and 1080 unrelated healthy controls were recruited for...
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