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CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus in a population-based study of whites and African-Americans in the southeastern United States.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2004
Parks C G, Hudson L L, Cooper G S, Dooley M A, Treadwell E L, St Clair E W, Gilkeson G S, Pandey J P
Abstract excerpt
Cytotoxic lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) plays an important role in regulating T cell activation, and may help to limit T cell response under conditions of inflammation. Genetic variability in CTLA-4 has been implicated in the development of several autoimmune diseases. Some studies have described associations between CTLA-4 polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but findings have been inconsistent....
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