Lack of association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis development in patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Doris SchorLuís Cristóvão PortoEric Henrique RomaMarcel de Souza Borges QuintanaGustavo Milson Fabricio-SilvaMaria Gloria Bonecini-AlmeidaAbelardo Queiroz-Campos AraújoMaria Jose Andrada-Serpa

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)

We did not observe association between cytokine polymorphisms and risk for HAM/TSP development in Brazilian HTLV-1 infected individuals, regardless of differences in PVL between HAM/TSP versus asymptomatic carriers in specific cytokine polymorphisms.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
spinal cord
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
anti inflammatory
spinal cord injury