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Association of tumor necrosis factor receptor type II polymorphism 196R with Systemic lupus erythematosus in the Japanese: molecular and functional analysis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 2001
Morita C, Horiuchi T, Tsukamoto H, Hatta N, Kikuchi Y, Arinobu Y, Otsuka T, Sawabe T, Harashima S, Nagasawa K, Niho Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether a polymorphism(s) or mutation(s) in the tumor necrosis factor receptor II (TNFRII) gene is involved in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: All 10 exons of the TNFRII gene were analyzed by exon-specific polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism, followed by nucleotide sequencing of exons that displayed aberrant bands. To analyze...
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