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Differential association of the PTPN22 coding variant with autoimmune diseases in a Dutch population.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2005
Zhernakova A, Eerligh P, Wijmenga C, Barrera P, Roep B O, Koeleman B P C
Abstract excerpt
Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 is involved in the negative regulation of T-cell responsiveness. Recently, the association of a coding variant of the PTPN22 gene-R620W(1858C>T) with a number of autoimmune diseases has been described. Therefore, we tested the association of PTPN22 1858*T allele in Dutch early onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, as well as celiac disease (CD)...
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