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Association of TBX21 polymorphisms in a Korean population with rheumatoid arthritis.
Experimental & molecular medicine - 31 Jan 2009
Chae Soo Cheon, Shim Seung Cheol, Chung Hun Taeg
Abstract excerpt
TBX21 (T-bet) is a member of the T-box family of transcriptional factors that contain a conserved DNA binding domain. TBX21 is a critical regulator of the commitment to the Th1 lineage and IFN-gamma production. Th1 and Th2 cells cross-regulate the differentiation of each other, and in this way TBX21 could be an attractive candidate gene for treating autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In present...
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