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Association of the CD226 single nucleotide polymorphism with systemic lupus erythematosus in the Chinese Han population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2011
Du Y, Tian L, Shen L X, Wang F, Yu L K, Song Y, Zhu J F, Du R
Abstract excerpt
A novel non-synonymous (Gly307Ser) variant, rs763361, of the CD226 gene on chromosome 18q22 was recently shown to be associated with multiple autoimmune diseases. Taking into consideration that different autoimmune diseases may share some common pathogenic pathways, in this study we performed case-control studies to assess any genetic linkage with systemic lupus erythemtosus (SLE). An association between the...
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