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Relation of three polymorphisms of the CTLA-4 gene in patients with Graves' disease.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Mar 2002
Kouki T, Gardine C A, Yanagawa T, Degroot L J
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease believed to be caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. One of the candidate genes is CTLA-4, a negative regulator of T cell activation. Three polymorphisms of the gene have been described, in the promoter at position -318, at position 49 in exon 1, and an (AT)n repeat within the 3'-untranslated region of exon 4. Many studies describe the association...
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