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The type 1 diabetes susceptibility gene SUMO4 at IDDM5 is not associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 2005
Gibbons L J, Thomson W, Zeggini E, Worthington J, Barton A, Eyre S, Donn R, Hinks A
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OBJECTIVES: Linkage and association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and rheumatoid factor (RF)-negative juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has previously been demonstrated to the type 1 diabetes (T1D) locus, IDDM5, on chromosome 6q25. An association of a methionine-to-valine polymorphism (rs237025, 163A --> G, M55V) in the SUMO4 gene within IDDM5 has recently been described in T1D. The objective of this study was...
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