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Interleukin 10 polymorphisms in ankylosing spondylitis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jan 2003
Goedecke V, Crane A M, Jaakkola E, Kaluza W, Laiho K, Weeks D E, Wilson J, Kauppi M, Kaarela K, Tuomilehto J, Wordsworth B P, Brown M A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphisms of the IL10 promoter region have been implicated in many autoimmune diseases, including seronegative spondyloarthropathies. We studied three SNPs (IL10-1087, -824, and -597) and two microsatellites (IL10R and IL10G) lying within the promoter region of IL10 for association with susceptibility to and clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a common form of spondyloarthritis....
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