Article
IL-17 Genetic Variations Increase The Risk of Cirrhotic/Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Hepatitis B Virus Infection.
Iranian journal of immunology : IJI - 1 Jun 2021
Gheshlaghi Abolfazl, Haghshenas Mohammad Reza, Safarpour Ali Reza, Hosseini Seyed Younes, Fattahi Mohammad Reza, Sarvari Jamal
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic variation in immune regulatory genes might influence the HBV infection outcome. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the association of IL-17A rs2275913 (G197A), IL-17F rs763780 (A7488G), and IL-23R rs10889677 (C2370A) gene polymorphisms, as well as the emerged haplotypes in the individual infected by HBV and to investigate their association with the infection outcome. MATERIALS AND...
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