CYTOKINE POLYMORPHISMS IN PATIENTS WITH PEMPHIGUS

EBERHARD YANINA,; BURGOS ELISA,; GAGLIARDI JULIO,; CARLOS MARIA, VULLO; BOROSKY ALICIA,; PESOA SUSANA,; SERRA, HORACIO MARCELO

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Año: 2005 vol. 296 p. 309 - 309

p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">The aim of this study was to assess whether TNF-a, TGF-b1 and IL-10 polymorphisms are among the factors influencing the development of Pemphigus. Whole blood from 20 patients with Pemphigus and 24 control subjects was taken, genomic DNA was obtained and cytokine genotyping for IL10 [-1082 (G