The 3′UTR 1188 A/C polymorphism in the interleukin-12p40 gene (IL-12B) is associated with lepromatous leprosy in the west of Mexico

Immunology Letters

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Alvarado Navarro, Anabell ^a   Montoya Buelna, Margarita ^a   Muñoz Valle, José Francisco ^a   López Roa, Rocio Ivette ^a   Guillén Vargas, Cecilia ^a   Fafutis Morris, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

IL 12 p40; Leprosy; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; MESSENGER RNA; INTERLEUKIN 12;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 44649110802     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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