Article
Candidate gene region 2q33 in European families with coeliac disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2004
Holopainen P, Naluai A T, Moodie S, Percopo S, Coto I, Clot F, Ascher H, Sollid L, Ciclitira P, Greco L, Clerget-Darpoux F, Partanen J
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome region 2q33 harbours a cluster of genes, CTLA-4, CD28, ICOS and closely located PD-1, all related to immune activation and considered as promising candidate genes for susceptibility to coeliac disease (CD). We present here the results of a genetic linkage and association analysis of nine markers located in this gene region in a large combined European material of 796 families with CD from Finland,...
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