Open Access<p>Association of <em>IL-17</em> and <em>IL-23</em> Gene Variants with Plasma Levels and Risk of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in a Chinese Han Population</p>
Author(s) -
Wei Li,
Wenyin Shi,
Yulong Yin,
Juan Chen,
Lanlan Luo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.845
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 1178-7066
DOI - 10.2147/pgpm.s275073
Subject(s) - medicine , genotyping , interleukin 6 , immunology , interleukin , vulvovaginal candidiasis , polymorphism (computer science) , genotype , inflammation , gene , cytokine , antifungal , genetics , biology , dermatology
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common vaginal inflammatory disease in females. The interleukin (IL)-23/IL-17 axis was involved in vaginal inflammation. Nevertheless, the relationship between gene polymorphisms in the IL-23/IL-17 axis and VVC risk is still unexplored.