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Lack of association of TNF-238A and -308A in Japanese patients with psoriasis vulgaris, psoriatic arthritis and generalized pustular psoriasis.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 Sept 2002
Nishibu Akiko, Oyama Noritaka, Nakamura Koichiro, Kaneko Fumio
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is one of the proinflammatory cytokines and immunomodulators, and has an important pathogenetic role in psoriasis. The TNF-alpha gene (TNFA) is in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class III locus on chromosome 6, which might be related to the pathogenesis of psoriasis. It has been suggested that some polymorphisms of the TNFA gene promoter, especially G to A conversions at...
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