Normal allele: GG
Interleukin (IL)-18 polymorphism is associated with chronic hepatitis C and B virus infections.
Polymorphism rs1946518 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
15896202 Interleukin-18-promoter polymorphisms are not relevant in rheumatoid arthritis.
16078996 Association study of functional genetic variants of innate immunity related genes in celiac disease.
16542373 Interleukin 18 and human immunodeficiency virus type I infection in adolescents and adults.
18307517 Common studied polymorphisms do not affect plasma cytokine levels upon endotoxin exposure in humans
19073159 Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphism and risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
19178691 Novel polymorphism of interleukin-18 associated with greater inflammation after cardiac surgery.
19229765 Interleukin-18 gene (IL18) promoter polymorphisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
20097272 Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke.
20304021 Haplotype analysis of the interleukin-18 gene in Czech patients with allergic disorders.
20331879 Association between IL-18 gene polymorphisms and biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis.
20416077 Identification of type 2 diabetes-associated combination of SNPs using support vector machine.
21149337 Dense mapping of IL18 shows no association in SLE.
21241672 Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphism and risk of Parkinson's disease in a Chinese Han population.
21470492 Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
21532063 IL18 polymorphism is associated with Behçet's disease but not with lupus in Turkish patients.
21611751 Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphism and asthma risk: a meta-analysis.
21984735 High plasma interleukin-18 levels mark the acute phase of hepatitis C virus infection.
22136483 Evaluation of IL18 and IL18R1 polymorphisms: genetic susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis.
22649680 Association of cytokine gene alleles with the inflammation of human periodontal tissue.
23073298 The IL18 gene and Hashimoto thyroiditis in children.
23238919 Association between interleukin-18 polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.
23302036 Gender-specific association of the interleukin 18 gene with symptomatic gallstone disease.
23587914 Interleukin-18 gene polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.
24281113 Inflammatory genetic markers of prostate cancer risk.
24621393 Genetic polymorphisms in the IL-18 gene and ulcerative colitis risk: a meta-analysis.
24898701 Functional polymorphisms of interleukin-18 gene and risk of breast cancer in a Brazilian population.
24976707 Human genes involved in hepatitis B virus infection.
25192895 Association of IL-18 promoter gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.
25374428 Interleukin-18 gene promoter polymorphisms and celiac disease in Italian patients.
26041375 A gene-disease association study of IL18 in thyroid cancer: genotype and haplotype analyses.
26229413 Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-18 have different effects on susceptibility to Crohn's disease.
26690141 IL-18 and Cutaneous Inflammatory Diseases.
27027876 IL18 Gene Variants Influence the Susceptibility to Chagas Disease.
27054030 Dual roles of cytokines in Alzheimer's disease: update on interleukins, TNF-α, TGF-β, and IFN-β.
27483258 Molecular Mechanisms of Cutaneous Inflammatory Disorder: Atopic Dermatitis.
27536357 Genetic predisposition to Barrett's esophagus: lessons from early research.
28580570 IL16 and IL18 gene polymorphisms in women with gestational diabetes.
29136357 Association of cytokine gene polymorphisms with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in Han Chinese newborns.
29312552 NLRP3 inflammasome activation plays a carcinogenic role through effector cytokine IL-18 in lymphoma.
29349811 Genetic analysis of interleukin 18 gene polymorphisms in alopecia areata.