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Obesity-associated gene FTO rs9939609 polymorphism in relation to the risk of tuberculosis
BACKGROUND: Obesity is known to affect cell-mediated immune responses. Recent studies have revealed that genetic polymorphisms in the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene are related to human obesity. We hypothesize that this gene may also play a role in the risk of immune-related infectious d...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25377722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0592-2 |