Association of Interleukin-27 Gene Variants with Susceptibility to Brucellosis Among Iranian Population: A Case-Control Study.
OBJECTIVES Brucellosis is recognized as one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases, caused by facultative intracellular coccobacilli of the genus Brucella. Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a pleiotropic cytokine that serves a critical role in the development of immunity against Brucella. IL-27 single nucleotide polymorphism...