Genetics of tumour necrosis factor-α in autoimmune, infectious, and neoplastic diseases

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent immunomediator and proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a large number of human diseases. The location of its gene with the major histocompatibility complex and biological activities have raised the possibility...

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Published inJournal of inflammation Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors WILSON, A. G, DI GIOVINE, F. S, DUFF, G. W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Wiley-Liss 1995
Subjects
Autoimmune Diseases - genetics
Biological and medical sciences
Chromosome Mapping
General aspects
Humans
Infection - genetics
Infection pathogenesis
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Neoplasms - genetics
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - genetics
Human
Infection
Immunopathology
Cytokine
Genetics
Autoimmune disease
Review
Malignant tumor
Molecular biology
Tumor necrosis factor α
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Summary:Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent immunomediator and proinflammatory cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a large number of human diseases. The location of its gene with the major histocompatibility complex and biological activities have raised the possibility that polymorphism within this locus may contribute to the genetic association of this region of the genome with a wide range of autoimmune and infectious diseases. This review discusses the genetics of the TNF locus in several of the major autoimmune diseases and also in relation to infectious and neoplastic diseases. There is increasing evidence that genetic variation within the TNF locus is important in determining susceptibility to, or severity of, a significant number of these conditions.
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ISSN:1078-7852