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Association of the IL4R single-nucleotide polymorphism I50V with rapidly erosive rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 2006
Prots Iryna, Skapenko Alla, Wendler Jörg, Mattyasovszky Stefan, Yoné Clarisse L, Spriewald Bernd, Burkhardt Harald, Rau Rolf, Kalden Joachim R, Lipsky Peter E, Schulze-Koops Hendrik
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the interleukin-4 receptor gene IL4R influence susceptibility to, or radiographic progression in, rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: The contribution of 2 SNPs (I50V and Q551R) in the coding region of IL4R to RA susceptibility was analyzed by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction in a case-control study of 471 RA patients and 371 healthy...
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