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The functional R620W variant of the PTPN22 gene is associated with celiac disease.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2008
Santin I, Castellanos-Rubio A, Aransay A M, Castaño L, Vitoria J C, Bilbao J R
Abstract excerpt
The functional (R620W) variant of human PTPN22 (protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22) gene has been implicated in the risk to several autoimmune disorders, including type 1 diabetes, Graves' disease, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. In an association study of this single nucleotide polymorphism with celiac disease (CD), comparison of 262 young diagnosis patients and 214 adult...
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