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Association of genetic polymorphism of interleukin-17A & interleukin-17F with susceptibility of psoriasis
1 Oct 2018
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with unknown aetiology. So far studies have confirmed that interleukins, pro-inflammatory factors and T-cell activation play major role in the development of disease. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) a T helper inflammatory cytokine, was found to be positively correlated with severity of psoriasis. However, the specific mechanism has not been...
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