Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the associations between interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene polymorphisms -G1082A/-C819T/-C592A and periportal fibrosis regression after specific treatment for schistosomiasis. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study involved 125 Brazilian patients infected with Schistosomiasis mansoni, who were followed up for 2 years after specific treatment to estimate the probability of periportal fibrosis regression. RESULTS: There was no evidence of associations between IL-10 polymorphisms and periportal fibrosis regression after treatment. CONCLUSIONS: There was no evidence of associations between gene promoter polymorphisms of IL-10 and the regression of periportal fibrosis in this Brazilian population.

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Title
There is no evident correlation between interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms and periportal fibrosis regression after specific treatment
Author
Paula Carolina Valença Silva; Aline Vieira da Silva; Taysa Nascimento Silva; Letícia Moura de Vasconcelos; Adriana Vieira Gomes; Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte Coêlho; Maria Tereza Cartaxo Muniz; Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues
Pages
781-785
Section
Short Communications
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Nov/Dec 2016
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1855018683
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Nov/Dec 2016