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The proinflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha -308 AA genotype is associated with polyglandular autoimmunity.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2009
Dittmar Manuela, Kaczmarczyk Adam, Bischofs Christian, Kahaly George J
Abstract excerpt
Data regarding polymorphisms of immunoregulatory genes in polyglandular autoimmunity (PGA) are lacking. We have analyzed whether the polymorphism of the proinflammatory cytokine gene TNF-alpha; -308 and mutations of the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene were associated with PGA in adults. Sixty-seven patients with PGA and 209 healthy controls were genotyped by multiplex minisequencing with capillary...
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