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Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 -2518 A/G SNP in Chinese Han patients with VKH syndrome.
Molecular vision - 8 Aug 2009
Hou Shengping, Yang Peizeng, Xie Lin, Du Liping, Zhou Hongyan, Jiang Zhengxuan
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome is an autoimmune disease. The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of certain autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to examine whether a MCP-1 polymorphism was associated with VKH syndrome. METHODS: A case-control analysis was performed using genomic DNA samples from 307 VKH patients and 319 age-, sex-, and...
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