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Impact of PD-1 gene polymorphism and its interaction with tea drinking on susceptibility to tuberculosis.
Epidemiology and infection - 13 Jan 2021
Wang Jing, Wang Mian, Li Zihao, Wu Xinyin, Zhang Xian, Julius Abesig, Zhong Hua, Huang Xin, Chen Mengshi, Tan Hongzhuan, Yi Hengzhong
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to explore the impact of polymorphism of PD-1 gene and its interaction with tea drinking on susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). A total of 503 patients with TB and 494 controls were enrolled in this case-control study. Three single-nucleotide polymorphisms of PD-1 (rs7568402, rs2227982 and rs36084323) were genotyped and unconditional logistic regression analysis was used to identify the...
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