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Association of functional variants of PTPN22 and tp53 in psoriatic arthritis: a case-control study.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2006
Butt Christopher, Peddle Lynette, Greenwood Celia, Hamilton Sean, Gladman Dafna, Rahman Proton
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Recent studies have implicated PTPN22 and tp53 in susceptibility to several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting that these genes are important in maintaining immune homeostasis. Because autoimmune diseases may share similar susceptibility loci, investigation of these genes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is of potential relevance. As a result we investigated known coding polymorphisms in...
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