Article
Association study of LMP gene polymorphisms in Mexican patients with spondyloarthritis.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2004
Vargas-Alarcón Gilberto, Gamboa Ricardo, Zuñiga Joaquín, Fragoso José Manuel, Hernández-Pacheco Guadalupe, Londoño John, Pacheco-Tena Cesar, Cardiel Mario H, Granados Julio, Burgos-Vargas Rubén
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the role of LMP (low molecular weight protein) genes as susceptibility markers for spondyloarthritis (SpA), LMP gene polymorphisms were analyzed in 223 Mexican patients with SpA (81 undifferentiated SpA [U-SpA], 117 with ankylosing spondylitis [AS], 25 with reactive arthritis) and in 139 ethnically matched healthy individuals. LMP genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Reactive
- Base Sequence
- Case-Control Studies
- Cysteine Endopeptidases
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- HLA-B27 Antigen
