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The PTPN22 620W allele confers susceptibility to systemic sclerosis: findings of a large case-control study of European Caucasians and a meta-analysis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jul 2008
Dieudé P, Guedj M, Wipff J, Avouac J, Hachulla E, Diot E, Granel B, Sibilia J, Cabane J, Meyer O, Mouthon L, Kahan A, Boileau C, Allanore Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether genetic variants of the PTPN22 gene, including the R620W (1858C>T) missense single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), are associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Since PTPN22 is involved in multiple autoimmune diseases, we also examined the occurrence of a concomitant autoimmune disease. We then conducted a meta-analysis of the most recent studies of SSc in order to verify the...
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