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HMOX1 promoter polymorphism modulates the relationship between disease activity and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 2008
Wagener Frank A D T G, Toonen Erik J M, Wigman Lonneke, Fransen Jaap, Creemers Marjonne C W, Radstake Timothy R D J, Coenen Marieke J H, Barrera Pilar, van Riel Piet L C M, Russel Frans G M
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OBJECTIVE: The guanine-thymidine (GT)n repeat in the HMOX1 promoter determines the level of induction of the heme-degrading enzyme heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), which protects against inflammatory and oxidative stress. In individuals with short (GT)n repeats (where n < 25; SS genotype), higher levels...
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