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Presence of the IL-1RA allele 2 (IL1RN*2) is associated with enhanced IL-1beta production in vitro.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Mar 1998
Santtila S, Savinainen K, Hurme M
Abstract excerpt
The genes of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) complex code for three proteins: IL-1alpha, IL-1beta and the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA). Each of these genes is polymorphic and there is increasing evidence that certain alleles are associated with increased susceptibility to a given disease of inflammatory nature. In the IL-1beta gene there are two base-exchange polymorphisms in positions -511 and +3953, and IL-1RA...
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