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The role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and TNF receptor polymorphisms in susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Chatzikyriakidou A, Georgiou I, Voulgari P V, Drosos A A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the sacroiliac joint and vertebral column. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), a cytokine that acts via two tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNFR1 and TNFR2), may be implicated in the pathogenesis of AS. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of the polymorphisms 36A>G (TNFR1), 676T>G (TNFR2), -857C>T...
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