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Allele-specific quantification of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) transcription and the role of promoter polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy individuals.
Genes and immunity - 1 May 2001
Kaijzel E L, Bayley J P, van Krugten M V, Smith L, van de Linde P, Bakker A M, Breedveld F C, Huizinga T W, Verweij C L
Abstract excerpt
Interindividual variation in the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) suggests the existence of functionally distinct TNF alleles that could play a role in susceptibility to TNF associated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To determine whether differential expression of TNF a...
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