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Genetic variation at the CCR5/CCR2 gene cluster and risk of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Cytokine - 1 May 2010
Soto-Sánchez Javier, Santos-Juanes Jorge, Coto-Segura Pablo, Coto Eliecer, Díaz Marta, Rodríguez Isabel, Alvarez Victoria
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OBJECTIVES: Inflammation plays a major role in psoriasis (Ps). The variation at several genes that encode components of the inflammatory pathways have been linked to the risk for Ps. Our objective was to examine the association between Ps and three polymorphisms at the chemokine receptors CCR5 and CCR2. METHODS: A total of 382 Ps patients and 500 healthy controls from Spain were genotyped for the CCR5-32bp...
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