Article
Meta-analysis of myeloperoxidase G-463/A polymorphism in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-positive vasculitis.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Aug 2007
Rajp A, Adu D, Savage C O
Abstract excerpt
Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis and Churg Strauss syndrome are small-vessel vasculitides associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) directed against proteinase 3 (PR3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO). A G to A polymorphism at position 463 in the promoter region of the MPO gene, which leads to the loss of a SP1 transcription binding site in an Alu hormone responsive element, reduces...
Topics
- Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Creatinine
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Neutrophils
