Effects of a polymorphism in the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter on transcriptional activation

AG Wilson, JA Symons, TL McDowell… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a potent immunomodulator and proinflammatory cytokine
that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and infectious diseases. For …

Relevance of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha)-308 promoter polymorphism in TNF alpha gene regulation.

BM Brinkman, D Zuijdeest, EL Kaijzel… - Journal of …, 1995 - europepmc.org
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) is a central mediator of the immunological
response and the location of the gene within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) …

Impact of the-308 TNF promoter polymorphism on the transcriptional regulation of the TNF gene: relevance to disease

LJ Abraham, KM Kroeger - Journal of leukocyte biology, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Abstract A biallelic G (TNF1 allele) to A (TNF2 allele) polymorphism 308 nucleotides
upstream from the transcription initiation site in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) promoter is …

Inherited variability of tumor necrosis factor production and susceptibility to infectious disease

JC Knight, D Kwiatkowski - Proceedings of the Association of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a critical mediator of host defense against infection but may
cause severe pathology when produced in excess. Individuals vary in the amount of TNF …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor necrosis factor alpha− 308 gene locus promoter polymorphism: an analysis of association with health and disease

MM Elahi, K Asotra, BM Matata, SS Mastana - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2009 - Elsevier
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) is a potent immunomediator and proinflammatory
cytokine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a large number of human diseases …

Is there a future for TNF promoter polymorphisms?

JP Bayley, THM Ottenhoff, CL Verweij - Genes & Immunity, 2004 - nature.com
The in vitro study of TNF promoter polymorphism (SNP) function was stimulated by the
numerous case–control (association) studies of the polymorphisms in relation to human …

Functional analysis of linker-scan mutants spanning the− 376,− 308,− 244, and− 238 polymorphic sites of the TNF-α promoter

JP Bayley, H de Rooij, PJ van Den Elsen… - Cytokine, 2001 - Elsevier
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) promoter polymorphisms have been linked to a large
number of diseases but studies examining the possible direct functional effects of these …

Influence of TNFα gene polymorphisms on TNFα production and disease

AH Hajeer, IV Hutchinson - Human immunology, 2001 - Elsevier
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a potent inflammatory cytokine. In human, the TNFα gene
is located within the highly polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on …

A common functional polymorphism (C→ A substitution at position− 863) in the promoter region of the tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) gene associated with reduced …

T Skoog, FM van't Hooft, B Kallin… - Human molecular …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) plays a key role in orchestrating the complex events
involved in inflammation and immunity. Accordingly, TNF-α has been implicated in a wide …

The− 308 tumor necrosis factor-α promoter polymorphism effects transcription

KM Kroeger, KS Carville, LJ Abraham - Molecular immunology, 1997 - Elsevier
Since the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) gene was found to be located in the central
major histocompatibility complex (MHC) there has been much speculation concerning a …