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GENES AND IMMUNITY
卷 3, 期 7, 页码 414-418出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363909
关键词
interleukin-12; immune regulation; Th1-Th2; severe malaria
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI41764] Funding Source: Medline
Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is an important regulatory cytokine in infection and immunity. Administration of IL-12 may reduce complications of severe malaria in rodents. Polymorphisms in IL12B, the gene encoding the IL-12 p40 subunit, influence the secretion of IL-12 and susceptibility to Type 1 diabetes. We therefore investigated whether IL12B polymorphisms may affect the outcome of severe malaria. Homozygosity for a polymorphism in the IL12B promoter was associated with increased mortality in Tanzanian children having cerebral malaria but not in Kenyan children with severe malaria. Furthermore, homozygotes for the IL12B promotor polymorphism had decreased production of nitric oxide, which is in pad regulated by IL-12 activity. These studies suggest that IL12B polymorphisms, via regulation of IL-12 production, may influence the outcome of malaria infection in at least one African population.
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