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No Significant Effects of IL-6 and IL-13 Gene Variants on Tuberculosis Susceptibility in the Chinese Population.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Jul 2020
Sun Wei, Jiao Lin, Liu Tangyuheng, Song Jiajia, Wang Minjin, Liang Lu, Wen Chunrong, Hu Lei, Qu Wei, Ying Binwu
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) is an intricate infectious disease that causes a large number of deaths in the population. Interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-13 play functional roles in host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Our aim in this study was to explore the association of IL-6 and IL-13 polymorphisms with TB susceptibility in the Western Chinese Han population. The case and control groups comprised 900 TB...
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