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Association of two functional polymorphisms in the CCR5 gene with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2006
Prahalad S, Bohnsack J F, Jorde L B, Whiting A, Clifford B, Dunn D, Weiss R, Moroldo M, Thompson S D, Glass D N, Bamshad M J
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is mediated by Th1-immune responses. In children with JRA, synovial T cells express high levels of the Th1-chemokine receptor CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5), which has been implicated in susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis. To test the hypothesis that genetic variation in CCR5 is associated with susceptibility to JRA, we analyzed patterns of variation in the 5'cis-regulatory...
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