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Lack of association between IFNGR1 gene polymorphisms and biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Torres Orlando, Palomino-Morales Rogelio, Vazquez-Rodriguez Tomas, Castañeda Santos, Morado Immaculada C, Miranda-Filloy Jose A, Amigo-Diaz Encarnacion, Callejas-Rubio Jose L, Fernandez-Gutierrez Benjamin, Martin Javier, Gonzalez-Gay Miguel A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Since IFN-gamma plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), a polygenic primary systemic vasculitis involving elderly people from Western countries, in the present study we analysed for first time the implication of three IFN-gamma receptor (IFNGR) 1 gene variants in the susceptibility to and clinical expression of GCA. METHODS: Two hundred and sixteen biopsy-proven GCA...
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