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Polymorphic Variability in the Interleukin (IL)-1Beta Promoter Conditions Susceptibility to Severe Malarial Anemia and Functional Changes in IL-1Beta Production

Otieno, Micheal F; Ouma, C; Davenport, GC; Awandare, GA; Keller, CC; Were, T; Vulule, JM; Martinson, J; Ong'echa, JM; Ferrell, RE; Perkins, DJ (PubMed, 2012)

Interleukin (IL)-1beta is a cytokine released as part of the innate immune response to Plasmodium falciparum. Because the role played by IL-1beta polymorphic variability in conditioning the immunopathogenesis of severe ...