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TREX1 polymorphisms associated with autoantibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jun 2008
Hur Jin-Wuk, Sung Yoon-Kyoung, Shin Hyoung Doo, Park Byung Lae, Cheong Hyun Sub, Bae Sang-Cheol
Abstract excerpt
Three-prime repair exonucleases 1 and 2 (TREX1 and TREX2) play a role in the metabolism and clearance of DNA. The objective of this study was to confirm whether polymorphisms of TREX1 and TREX2 are associated with genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and examine associations with autoantibodies (auto-Abs) in SLE. We investigated the genetic variants in 24 Korean individuals by direct...
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