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Lack of association polymorphisms of the IL1RN, IL1A, and IL1B genes with knee osteoarthritis in Turkish patients.
Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale - 1 Jan 2007
Sezgin Malek, Erdal M Emin, Altintas Zuhal Mert, Ankarali Handan Camdeviren, Barlas I Omer, Turkmen Ebru, Sahin Gunsah
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PURPOSE: To examine whether polymorphisms of the interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN), interleukin 1 alpha (IL1A) and interleukin 1 beta (IL1B) genes are markers of genetic susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis in Turkish patients. METHODS: One hundred and seven patients with knee osteoarthritis and 67 controls were studied. Three polymorphisms of IL1A, IL1B, and IL1RN genes were typed from genomic DNA....
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