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Variation at the IRF2 gene and susceptibility to psoriasis in chromosome 4q-linked families.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 2004
Parkinson James, Charon Celine, Baker Barbara S, Powles Anne V, Rogers Sarah, Caird Ann, Smedley Damian, Halford Stephanie, Fry Lionel, McCarthy Mark I
Abstract excerpt
Evidence, largely from Irish pedigrees, indicates that a susceptibility locus for psoriasis maps to chromosome 4q. The gene encoding interferon regulatory factor-2 (IRF-2) maps to this region, and, as mice lacking IRF-2 exhibit a dermatologic phenotype resembling many aspects of human psoriasis, IRF-2 represents an attractive positional candidate. We set out to establish whether variation in IRF-2 sequence or...
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