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SUBMITTER: Behelgardi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4735834 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Behelgardi Abbas A Hosseini Seyed Masoud SM Mohebbi Seyed Reza SR Azimzadeh Pedram P Derakhshani Shaghayegh S Karimi Khatoon K Sharifian Afsaneh A Zali Mohammad Reza MR
Jundishapur journal of microbiology 20151114 11
<h4>Background</h4>Interleukin-16 (IL-16) is an immunomodulatory cytokine, which plays an important role in some inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as hepatitis B, which is a major health concern worldwide.<h4>Objectives</h4>In this study, we aimed to investigate the plausible association between IL-16 polymorphism and chronic HBV susceptibility in an Iranian population.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>In a case-control study, we analyzed rs1131445 polymorphism in the microRNA binding site of ...[more]