Rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility and interleukin 10: a study of two ethnically diverse populations.

INTRODUCTION: IL-10 is an immunoregulatory cytokine which may modulate disease expression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The IL-10 gene is highly polymorphic with a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region and two microsatellite loci, IL10.R and IL10.G, 4 kb and 1.1 kb 5'...

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Main Authors: MacKay, K, Milicic, A, Lee, D, Tikly, M, Laval, S, Shatford, J, Wordsworth, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003