Role of IFN-γ +874 T/A single nucleotide polymorphism in the tuberculosis outcome among Brazilians subjects

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-566

  Amim, Lucia H L V ^a   Pacheco, Antonio G ^b   Fonseca Costa, Joseane ^a   Loredo, Carla S ^a   Rabahi, Marcelo F ^c   Melo, Maria H ^d   Ribeiro, Fernando C V ^d   Mello, Fernanda C Q ^a   Oliveira, Martha M ^a   Lapa E Silva, José R ^a   Ottenhoff, Tom H ^e   Kritski, Afrânio L ^a   Santos, Adalberto R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Anuar Auad Infectious Disease Reference Hospital   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Estadual Santa Maria   (Brazil)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allele; Association; Cytokine; IFN ; Susceptibility; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GAMMA INTERFERON GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRAZIL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44149112136     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9123-1     Document Type: Article

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