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Lack of a genetic association between the CTLA-4 gene and Graves' disease in Koreans.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Mar 2006
Cho Hyun-Jung, Chung Jae Hoon, Kim In Sook, Kim Hee-Jin, Cho Seung Hee, Ki Chang-Seok, Kim Jong-Won
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) is a complex autoimmune thyroid disease with a strong genetic component. The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene, which encodes a negative regulator of the T-lymphocyte immune response, has been reported to be associated and/or linked to GD. Therefore, in order to determine the contribution of CTLA-4 in GD in Koreans, we genotyped the five single nucleotide Polymorphisms...
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