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Associations of protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 (PTPN22) gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to Graves' disease in a Japanese population.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jun 2008
Ichimura Michiko, Kaku Hiroo, Fukutani Tomoka, Koga Hirohisa, Mukai Tokunori, Miyake Ikuyo, Yamada Kentaro, Koda Yoshiro, Hiromatsu Yuji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The polymorphism of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 (PTPN22) gene, which encodes an important negative regulator of T cell activation, has been reported to be associated with susceptibility to Graves' disease (GD) in Caucasians. The objective of this study was to investigate whether PTPN22 gene polymorphisms confer susceptibility to GD and Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) in a Japanese...
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