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Analysis on the association of human BLYS (BAFF, TNFSF13B) polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Nov 2002
Kawasaki A, Tsuchiya N, Fukazawa T, Hashimoto H, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies indicated a substantial role of BLyS (BAFF, TNFSF13B) in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in humans and in animal models. This study was conducted to screen for polymorphisms of human BLYS, and to examine whether they are involved in the genetic susceptibility to human SLE and RA. A systematic polymorphism screening was performed in the coding...
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