Open AccessPolymorphisms of interleukin-1B and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist genes in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Author(s) -
Pingan Zhang,
Yan Li,
Peng Xu,
Jianmin Wu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i12.1826
Subject(s) - genotype , polymerase chain reaction , interleukin , hbsag , microbiology and biotechnology , gene polymorphism , hepatitis b , ethidium bromide , immunology , medicine , biology , gene , hepatitis b virus , cytokine , dna , virus , genetics
To investigate the relationships between polymorphisms of interleukin-1B (IL-1B) promoter region -511C/T and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene (IL-1RN) and susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B in Chinese population.