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CTLA4/ICOS gene variants and haplotypes are associated with rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis in the Canadian population.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2009
Walker Erin J, Hirschfield Gideon M, Xu Chun, Lu Yan, Liu Xiangdong, Lu Yue, Coltescu Catalina, Wang Kesheng, Newman William G, Bykerk Vivian, Keystone Edward C, Mosher Dianne, Amos Christopher I, Heathcote E Jenny, Siminovitch Katherine A
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OBJECTIVE: The co-occurrence of different autoimmune diseases in patients and their families suggests the presence of shared genetic risk factors. Two compelling candidate autoimmune disease susceptibility genes are those that encode CTLA4 and inducible costimulator (ICOS), immunoregulatory proteins. Associations of CTLA4 polymorphisms with various autoimmune diseases have been reported, but for rheumatoid...
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