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Association of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 haplotypes with autoimmune thyroid disease in the Japanese population.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Aug 2010
Ban Yoshiyuki, Tozaki Teruaki, Taniyama Matsuo, Nakano Yasuko, Ban Yoshihisa, Ban Yoshio, Hirano Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A missence single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 (PTPN22) gene known as R620W (rs2476601) was recently reported to be associated with several autoimmune diseases including Graves' disease (GD). The association was repeatedly confirmed in the populations of North European ancestry. However, this amino acid was reported to be nonpolymorphic in the Asian...
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