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Association between IFNA genotype and the risk of sarcoidosis.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Akahoshi Mitsuteru, Ishihara Mami, Remus Natascha, Uno Kazuko, Miyake Katsuhisa, Hirota Tomomitsu, Nakashima Kazuko, Matsuda Akira, Kanda Mizuo, Enomoto Tadao, Ohno Shigeaki, Nakashima Hitoshi, Casanova Jean-Laurent, Hopkin Julian M, Tamari Mayumi, Mao Xiao-Quan, Shirakawa Taro
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis is known to be a systemic granulomatous disorder characterized by a cell-mediated Th1-type inflammatory response. To identify a key genetic factor in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis, we investigated single nucleotide polymorphisms within 10 candidate genes involved in type 1 immune process ( IFNA17, IFNB, IFNG, IFNGR1, IFNGR2, IL12B, IL12RB1, IL12RB2, ETA-1, and NRAMP1) in an association-based study...
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