Ethnic Differences in the Distribution of Interleukin-6 Polymorphisms Among Three Brazilian Ethnic Groups
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Ethnic differences in the distribution of interleukin-6 polymorphisms among three Brazilian ethnic groups.
Polymorphisms in the interleukin-6 promoter region have been associated with diseases. In this study we investigated the -634G/C and -174G/C IL-6 promoter polymorphisms in three Brazilian ethnic groups. We verified that the allele frequencies of the two polymorphisms and haplotype frequencies varied significantly between the populations.
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1534-6617
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0061