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Association of CTLA-4 but not CD28 gene polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus in the Japanese population.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 2001
Ahmed S, Ihara K, Kanemitsu S, Nakashima H, Otsuka T, Tsuzaka K, Takeuchi T, Hara T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a multisystem autoimmune disorder characterized by multiorgan pathology and autoantibodies against a variety of autoantigens. The CD28 and CTLA-4 genes might be candidate genes for SLE, because costimulation signals from CD80/CD86 to CD28/CTLA-4 have been suggested to play an important role in the activation or inactivation of T lymphocytes. METHODS: We...
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