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Association of tumor necrosis factor and human leukocyte antigen DRB1 alleles with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Human immunology - 1 Jun 2004
Bednarczuk Tomasz, Hiromatsu Yuji, Seki Naoko, Płoski Rafał, Fukutani Tomoka, Kuryłowicz Alina, Jazdzewski Krystian, Chojnowski Krzysztof, Itoh Kyogo, Nauman Janusz
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha plays a central role in the development of ophthalmopathy in patients with Graves' disease (GD). The aim of this study was to investigate the association of TNF promoter polymorphisms at positions -1031 (T-1031C), -863 (C-863A), -857 (C-857T), -308 (G-308A), and -238 (G-238A) with Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). We studied the distribution of TNF and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)...
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