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Lack of association between sCTLA-4 levels in human plasma and common CTLA-4 polymorphisms.
Journal of negative results in biomedicine - 12 Nov 2008
Berry Andrew, Tector Matt, Oaks Martin K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is an important downregulatory molecule expressed on both T and B lymphocytes. Numerous population genetics studies have documented significant associations between autoimmune diseases and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within and around the CTLA-4 region of chromosome 2 in man. Furthermore, circulating levels of a soluble form of CTLA-4 (sCTLA-4) have...
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