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Association of TGF-β1 and IL-10 Gene Polymorphisms with Osteoporosis in a Study of Taiwanese Osteoporotic Patients.
Genes - 18 Jun 2021
Tu Min-Yu, Han Kuei-Yang, Lan Ying-Wei, Chang Ku-Yi, Lai Cheng-Wei, Staniczek Theresa, Lai Chung-Yu, Chong Kowit-Yu, Chen Chuan-Mu
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a rising health threat in the increasingly aging world population. It is a common skeletal disease strongly linked to genetic predisposition. We aim to identify the effects of the anti-inflammatory TGF-β1- and IL-10-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) combination on the risk for osteoporosis. We investigated and analyzed the relationships between three TGF-β1 SNPs (-509C/T, +869 T/C and...
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