Open AccessInterleukin-2 and Interleukin-8 Gene Polymorphisms and Acquired Aplastic Anemia Risk in a Chinese Population
Author(s) -
Xuejie Zhang,
Lin Shen,
Yan Yang,
Liucheng Rong,
Guangsheng He,
Hailong He,
Yue Xue,
Yongjun Fang,
Yaping Wang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000464381
Subject(s) - aplastic anemia , single nucleotide polymorphism , genotype , genotyping , immunology , immune system , allele , population , biology , medicine , genetics , gene , bone marrow , environmental health
Cytokines IL-2 and IL-8 both participate in immune regulation. However, the relationship between polymorphisms in these two cytokines and the risk of acquired aplastic anemia (acquired AA) has not been explored.