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Extended haplotypes and linkage disequilibrium in the IL1R1-IL1A-IL1B-IL1RN gene cluster: association with knee osteoarthritis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2004
Smith A J P, Keen L J, Billingham M J, Perry M J, Elson C J, Kirwan J R, Sims J E, Doherty M, Spector T D, Bidwell J L
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The interleukin-1 gene cluster is a key regulator in a number of chronic disease processes. We explored the linkage between nine polymorphic loci in the IL1R1 promoter, eight in the IL1A-IL1B-IL1RN gene complex, and their association with osteoarthritis (OA), a common complex disease associated with low-level inflammation. Using 195 healthy controls, we identified eight novel polymorphisms in the IL1R1 exon 1A...
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