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Article: Reports outline allergic contact dermatitis cell biology study findings from Ege University, Department of Dermatology.
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- Biotech Week
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- September 9, 2009
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New investigation results, 'Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and tumour necrosis factor-alpha gene polymorphisms in Turkish patients with allergic contact dermatitis,' are detailed in a study published in Contact Dermatitis. "It has been shown that the family of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1 RA) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) genes are polymorphic and related to some inflammatory diseases. Allergic contact dermatitis is the classic presentation of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to exogenous agents," researchers in Izmir, Turkey report (see also Allergic Contact Dermatitis Cell Biology).
"A number of genes playing role in ...