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SUBMITTER: Moudi B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852092 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moudi Bita B Heidari Zahra Z Mahmoudzadeh-Sagheb Hamidreza H Hashemi Mohammad M Metanat Malihe M Khosravi Soheila S Farrokh Parisa P
Hepatitis monthly 20160220 2
<h4>Background</h4>IL-10 can play a vital role in immune response against HBV. Three biallelic SNPs from the transcription start site control the transcription of the IL-10 gene. An association between susceptibility to HBV and IL-10 polymorphisms has been suggested in patients with HBV infection.<h4>Objectives</h4>The present study was designed to study the association between polymorphisms in interleukin-10 (-1082 A/G, -819 T/C and -592 A/C) promoter gene and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) in ...[more]