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A C/T polymorphism in the 5' untranslated region of the CD40 gene is associated with later onset of Graves' disease in Japanese.
Endocrine journal - 1 Aug 2005
Mukai Tokunori, Hiromatsu Yuji, Fukutani Tomoka, Ichimura Michiko, Kaku Hiroo, Miyake Ikuyo, Yamada Kentaro
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder with genetic predisposition. CD40, which stimulates lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation, is an important immunomodulator and is expressed in the thyroid follicular cells as well as antigen-presenting cells. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) at position -1 of the Kozak sequence of the CD40 gene has been reported to be associated with the development of...
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