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Association of Interleukin-17 gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection and clearance in Iranian population.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Jul 2020
Tayefinasrabadi Hamideh, Mohebbi Seyed Reza, Hosseini Seyed Masoud, Azimzadeh Pedram, Pourhoseingholi Mohamad Amin, Ghaemi Amir, Sharifian Afsaneh, Asadzadeh Aghdaei Hamid, Zali Mohammad Reza
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) approximately infects 350 million people. Interleukin-17 (IL-17) as a pro-inflammatory cytokine, have been found to modulate the immune system in infectious and inflammatory diseases. Recently, the influence of genetic changes like single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on expression rate and function of cytokine has been widely investigated. This study was performed to determine any...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
