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New polymorphisms of human CD80 and CD86: lack of association with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Genes and immunity - 1 Oct 2000
Matsushita M, Tsuchiya N, Oka T, Yamane A, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
The crucial role of costimulatory molecules, CD28, CTLA-4, CD80 and CD86, for T cell activation and inhibition has been established. In the previous study, we reported the results of a polymorphism screening of human CTLA-4 gene. In this study, we screened for polymorphisms of human CD28, CD80 and CD86 genes, and detected that polymorphisms were tested for the association with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and...
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