A functional polymorphism in the IL-10 p
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Thomas Höhler; Esther Reuss; Christine M. Freitag; Peter M. Schneider
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is mostly genetically determined. Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is a central immunoregulatory cytokine with important effects on B-cells. We have studied the influence of IL-10 promoter polymorphisms on the immune response to HBsAg and hepatitis A