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Analysis of adiponectin gene polymorphisms in Chinese population with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2010
Fang Wen Liang, Zhou Bin, Wang Yan Yun, Chen Yu, Zhang Lin
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic systemic autoimmune disease. Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived cytokine with anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antiatherogenic properties. No study has reported on the association between adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene and SLE. Our aim is to investigate the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ADIPOQ gene and SLE. We examined 179 SLE patients...
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