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Expression of human PTPN22 alleles.
Genes and immunity - 1 Mar 2007
Nielsen C, Barington T, Husby S, Lillevang S T
Abstract excerpt
Considering the female predominance in most of the autoimmune disorders that associate with the PTPN22 Trp620 variant and the complexity by which this variant influences immunologic tolerance, the objective of this study was to ascertain if the allele-specific expression of the disease-associated Arg620Trp polymorphism is affected by cis-acting or sex-specific trans-acting factor/s (e.g. sex-hormones). The use of...
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