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IL-10 Promoter -592 Polymorphism may Influence Susceptibility to HIV Infection in South Indian Population.
Current HIV research - 1 Jan 2018
Harishankar Murugesan, Ravikrishnan Harini, Ravishankar Akshaya, Hanna Luke Elizabeth, Swaminathan Soumya, Selvaraj Paramasivam, Bethunaickan Ramalingam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic factors play an important role in the development of disease susceptibility or protection. Cytokine gene polymorphisms are reported to be associated with altered levels of cytokine production that can impact disease progression in HIV and TB. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we studied IL-10 -592(C/A) and TGF-β -509 (C/T) promoter polymorphisms to understand their role in susceptibility or resistance...
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