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Involvement of macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene in celiac disease susceptibility.
Genes and immunity - 1 Mar 2007
Núñez C, Rueda B, Martínez A, López-Nevot M A, Fernández-Arquero M, de la Concha E G, Martín J, Urcelay E
Abstract excerpt
The MIF gene has been associated with several diseases with inflammatory and autoimmune background, such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. We aimed at testing the influence of two functional MIF promoter variants in celiac disease (CD) susceptibility. A (CAAT)(5-8) tetranucleotide repeat at position -794 and a single-nucleotide polymorphism at -173G/C were analyzed in...
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