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Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 May 2005
Lamb R, Zeggini E, Thomson W, Donn R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To determine if polymorphisms within the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene are associated and linked with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). To investigate any possible gene-gene (epistatic) interaction between TLR4 and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene polymorphisms. METHODS: 313 simplex families (each containing one affected JIA proband) were genotyped. Two known functionally...
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