Open AccessAssociation of cytokine gene polymorphisms with psoriasis in cases from the Nile Delta of Egypt
Author(s) -
Ahmad Settin,
Hanaa A. Hassan,
Rizk Elbaz,
Tahia Ali Hassan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.82479
Subject(s) - genotype , medicine , psoriasis , genotyping , immunology , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biology
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with an immunogenetic background. This work was planned to check for the association of polymorphisms related to cytokine genes TNF-α(-308) (G/A), IL-10(-1082) (G/A), IL-6(-174) (G/C), and IL-1Ra (VNTR) with psoriasis in cases from Egypt.