Article
Interleukin-23 receptor gene variants in Hungarian systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Feb 2010
Safrany Eniko, Hobor Renata, Jakab Laszlo, Tarr Tunde, Csongei Veronika, Jaromi Luca, Sipeky Csilla, Valasek Andrea, Zeher Margit, Fust Gyorgy, Czirjak Laszlo, Melegh Bela
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and polymorphisms of interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) gene, which was recently found to be associated with autoimmune diseases, including Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis. SUBJECTS: We analysed 383 SLE patients and 253 controls for rs11805303, rs10889677, rs1004819, rs2201841,...
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