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Inhibitor IkappaBalpha promoter functional polymorphisms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2010
Li Ruei-Nian, Hung Yu-Hung, Lin Chia-Hui, Chen Yen-Hsu, Yen Jen-Hsien
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INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammation disease that may involve extra-articular organs in addition to joints. Many proinflammatory cytokines are involved in the inflammatory process of RA. IkappaBalpha conjugates with NF-kappaB and is a key player in regulation of the inflammatory process. We carried out experiments to define the effect of different promoter polymorphisms on the...
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