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Association of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, lymphotoxin-alpha and HLA-DRB1 gene polymorphisms with Löfgren's syndrome in Czech patients with sarcoidosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 2005
Mrazek F, Holla L I, Hutyrova B, Znojil V, Vasku A, Kolek V, Welsh K I, Vacha J, du Bois R M, Petrek M
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder showing a clear association with MHC (HLA) class I and class II genes. In order to investigate whether polymorphisms of nearby pro-inflammatory genes located within the MHC class III region may also contribute to susceptibility to sarcoidosis or to its clinical manifestation, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lymphotoxin-alpha (LT-alpha) genes were chosen for...
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