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A general autoimmunity gene (PTPN22) is not associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a British population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2005
Prescott N J, Fisher S A, Onnie C, Pattni R, Steer S, Sanderson J, Forbes A, Lewis C M, Mathew C G
Abstract excerpt
A single-nucleotide polymorphism (C1858T) causing an amino acid substitution (R620W) in the lymphoid protein tyrosine phosphatase gene PTPN22 has been implicated in type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Graves' disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, thus revealing a general role for this gene in autoimmune disease. We investigated the association of the...
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