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CD38 polymorphisms in Spanish patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Human immunology - 1 Jun 2004
González-Escribano María Francisca, Aguilar Francisco, Torres Belén, Sánchez-Román Julio, Núñez-Roldán Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The ADP-ribosyl cyclase/cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase (CD38) gene is a positional and functional candidate gene for the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) because CD38 gene maps in the described SLE risk region 4p15 and CD38 molecule is a leukocyte activation antigen and ectoenzyme involved in numerous immune functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association of the...
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