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Polymorphism of the TAP1 gene in Polish patients with psoriasis vulgaris.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2004
Witkowska-Toboła Anna M, Szczerkowska-Dobosz Aneta, Nedoszytko Bogusław, Roszkiewicz Jadwiga
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis vulgaris is a HLA-associated common and persistent inflammatory skin disease of unknown aetiology. The transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP) genes are polymorphic genes located in the HLA class II region and due to their essential involvement in class I antigen presentation might be additional susceptibility genes to psoriasis. To investigate the possible involvement of the TAP1 gene in...
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