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Major histocompatibility complex HLA region largely explains the genetic variance exercised on neutrophil membrane proteinase 3 expression.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Nov 2006
von Vietinghoff Sibylle, Busjahn Andreas, Schönemann Constanze, Massenkeil Gero, Otto Björn, Luft Friedrich C, Kettritz Ralph
Abstract excerpt
ANCA-associated vasculitides, a common cause of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, are influenced by genetic variance. Neutrophil membrane expression of the ANCA antigen proteinase 3 (PR3) is pathogenically important. A subset of membrane PR3-positive neutrophils can be distinguished from a membrane-negative subset in any given subject. The percentage of membrane PR3-positive neutrophils is genetically...
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