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Functional variants of interleukin-23 receptor gene confer risk for rheumatoid arthritis but not for systemic sclerosis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Faragó B, Magyari L, Sáfrány E, Csöngei V, Járomi L, Horvatovich K, Sipeky C, Maász A, Radics J, Gyetvai A, Szekanecz Z, Czirják L, Melegh B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Recently, an association was found between Crohn's disease and the interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) gene. Since the IL-23/IL-17 pathway is known to associate with other autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic sclerosis (SSc), we hypothesised that IL-23R could be a shared susceptibility gene. METHODS: Groups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (n = 412), systemic...
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