TGF-β1 and IL-6 gene polymorphism in Spanish brucellosis patients

Cytokine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-21

  Bravo, María José ^a,c   Colmenero, Juan Dios ^a   Queipo Ortuño, María Isabel ^b,c   Alonso, Antonio ^a,c   Caballero, Abelardo ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Spain)

^c Hospital University Carlos Haya de Málaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human brucellosis; IL 6; Polymorphism; Susceptibility; TGF 1 gene

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

BRUCELLOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 52949114907     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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