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Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) promoter polymorphisms in various ethnic groups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie - 1 Feb 2000
Baerwald C G, Mok C C, Tickly M, Lau C S, Wordsworth B P, Ollier B, Panayi G S, Lanchbury J S
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UNLABELLED: The regulatory region of the corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) is highly conserved and plays a crucial role in the response of the organism to stress. Release of CRH initiates a cascade of events leading to the release of cortisone and the regulation of inflammatory and immune events. OBJECTIVE: Since it has been postulated that the impaired corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) response to stress...
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