Association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and tuberculosis in a Chinese population in Shanghai: a case–control study

Background Polymorphisms in cytokine genes are known to influence cytokine levels, which may influence susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease. Differences in cytokine expression probably determine whether TB progresses, resolves, or becomes latent. In particular, the balance betwe...
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Autor*in:

Hu, Yi [verfasserIn]

Wu, Linlin

Li, Dange

Zhao, Qi

Jiang, Weili

Xu, Biao

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2015

Schlagwörter:

Tuberculosis

Latent tuberculosis infection

Cytokine

Polymorphism

Association

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© Hu et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: BMC immunology - London : BioMed Central, 2000, 16(2015), 1 vom: 22. Feb.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:16 ; year:2015 ; number:1 ; day:22 ; month:02

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/s12865-015-0071-6

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SPR027170721

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