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Association of a functional CD19 polymorphism with susceptibility to systemic sclerosis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 2004
Tsuchiya Naoyuki, Kuroki Kimiko, Fujimoto Manabu, Murakami Yoshinori, Tedder Thomas F, Tokunaga Katsushi, Takehara Kazuhiko, Sato Shinichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: CD19 is overexpressed in B cells from patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), and plays a crucial role not only for autoantibody production, but also for skin fibrosis in mouse models. We previously reported the association of a GT repeat polymorphism in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of CD19 with human systemic lupus erythematosus. In this study, we examined whether CD19 polymorphisms are...
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