Article
BANK1 functional variants are associated with susceptibility to diffuse systemic sclerosis in Caucasians.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Apr 2010
Rueda B, Gourh P, Broen J, Agarwal S K, Simeon C, Ortego-Centeno N, Vonk M C, Coenen M, Riemekasten G, Hunzelmann N, Hesselstrand R, Tan F K, Reveille J D, Assassi S, Garcia-Hernandez F J, Carreira P, Camps M, Fernandez-Nebro A, Garcia de la Peña P, Nearney T, Hilda D, Gónzalez-Gay M A, Airo P, Beretta L, Scorza R, Radstake T R D J, Mayes M D, Arnett F C, Martin J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible association of the BANK1 gene with genetic susceptibility to systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its subphenotypes. METHODS: A large multicentre case-control association study including 2380 patients with SSc and 3270 healthy controls from six independent case-control sets of Caucasian ancestry (American, Spanish, Dutch, German, Swedish and Italian) was conducted. Three putative...
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