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SNP analysis of genes implicated in T cell proliferation in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Dec 2005
Oertelt Sabine, Kenny Thomas P, Selmi Carlo, Invernizzi Pietro, Podda Mauro, Gershwin M Eric
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies on primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) have focused on the role of T lymphocytes as potential effectors of tissue injury. We hypothesized that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes involved in lymphocyte proliferation would be responsible for uncontrolled expansion of T cells and autoreactivity. To address this, we genotyped DNA from 154 patients with PBC and 166 ethnically matched healthy...
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