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Cytokine gene polymorphisms: association with psoriatic arthritis susceptibility and severity.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 2003
Balding Joanna, Kane David, Livingstone Wendy, Mynett-Johnson Lesley, Bresnihan Barry, Smith Owen, FitzGerald Oliver
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether functional cytokine gene polymorphisms influence disease susceptibility and phenotype in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS: DNA was obtained from 147 PsA patients and 389 controls. Seven functional proinflammatory (interleukin-1beta [IL-1beta] +3953, IL-6 -174, tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNFalpha] -308, TNFbeta +252) and antiinflammatory (IL-10 -1082, IL-10 -592,...
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