Tumour necrosis factor microsatellite alleles in an Italian population

E Ciusani; A Salmaggi; F Pocio; A Nespolo; M Sandberg-Wollheim

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00002.x

Tumour necrosis factor microsatellite alleles in an Italian population

Eur J Immunogenet. 1997 Feb;24(1):9-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00002.x.

Authors

E Ciusani¹, A Salmaggi, F Pocio, A Nespolo, M Sandberg-Wollheim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Investigation, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 9043872
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00002.x

Abstract

A non-radioactive technique for the typing of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) microsatellite alleles has been applied in the study of an Italian population. The frequency of the TNFa 10 allele was markedly increased compared with other European populations.

MeSH terms

Alleles*
Gene Frequency / immunology
Haplotypes / immunology
Humans
Italy
Linkage Disequilibrium / immunology
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
Microsatellite Repeats / immunology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / genetics*

Substances

Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha