A hallmark of balancing selection is present at the promoter region of interleukin 10.
As an anti-inflammatory mediator IL10 is beneficial in certain contexts and deleterious in others. As increased production of IL10 favours protection against inflammatory disease, whereas low production promotes elimination of foreign pathogens by the host, we investigated the possible influence of...
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| 格式: | Journal article |
| 语言: | English |
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2006
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