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Evidence of epistasis between interleukin 1 and selenoprotein-S with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Sept 2009
Marinou I, Walters K, Dickson M C, Binks M H, Bax D E, Wilson A G
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OBJECTIVE: Selenoprotein-S (SELS) is involved in the stress response within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and inflammation. Recently, promoter variants in the SELS gene were shown to be associated with plasma levels of interleukin (IL)6, IL1beta and tumour necrosis factor (TNF). It was hypothesi...
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