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Heat-shock protein 70-1 and HLA class II gene polymorphisms associated with celiac disease susceptibility in Navarra (Spain).
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2001
Ramos-Arroyo M A, Feijoó E, Sánchez-Valverde F, Aranburu E, Irisarri N, Olivera J E, Valiente A
Abstract excerpt
Heat shock proteins (HSP) are thought to play a role in the immune response making probable their contribution to celiac disease (CD). We studied the polymorphisms in the 5' regulatory region of the HSP70-1 gene and performed genomic HLA-DQ and -DR typing in 128 CD patients and 94 healthy controls from Navarra (Spain). The frequency of the C allele of the HSP70-1, characterized by the intermediate electrophoretic...
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