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TNF-alpha and TNF-beta gene polymorphisms in systemic sclerosis.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 1999
Pandey J P, Takeuchi F
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and TNF-beta, mediators of inflammatory responses, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether two promoter region polymorphisms of the TNF-alpha gene (TNF-alpha -308 and TNF-alpha -238) and a determinant in the first intron of the TNF-beta gene (TNF-beta +252) affect susceptibility to systemic sclerosis...
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