IL-17 Genetic and Immunophenotypic Evaluation in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

• Main Authors: Renata Gonçalves Resende (Author), Jeane de Fátima Correia-Silva (Author), Tarcília Aparecida Silva (Author), Ulisses Eliezer Salomão (Author), Luciano Marques-Silva (Author), Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira (Author), Walderez Ornelas Dutra (Author), Ricardo Santiago Gomez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a recently discovered cytokine associated with several autoimmune diseases, its role in the pathogenesis of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) was not established yet. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of IL17A and IL17F genes po...