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Mannose binding lectin (MBL) gene mutation is not a risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japanese.
Genes and immunity - 1 Oct 2000
Horiuchi T, Tsukamoto H, Morita C, Sawabe T, Harashima S, Nakashima H, Miyahara H, Hashimura C, Kondo M
Abstract excerpt
Mannose binding lectin (MBL) deficiency may be associated with increased susceptibility to infection and autoimmune disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the present study, we performed for the first systematic search for mutations in all the four exons of the MBL gene using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis....
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