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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the CD40 gene on chromosome 20q (GD-2) provides no evidence for susceptibility to Graves' disease in UK Caucasians.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2004
Heward Joanne M, Simmonds Matthew J, Carr-Smith Jackie, Foxall Helen, Franklyn Jayne A, Gough Stephen C L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A genome-wide screen in Graves' disease (GD) has shown linkage to chromosome 20q, designated GD-2. The gene encoding CD40, which stimulates lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation, maps to this region, and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position -1 of the Kozak sequence within the gene has been reported to be associated with GD. The aim of this study was to determine whether this SNP of...
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