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Association of BLK (rs13277113, rs2248932) polymorphism with systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2011
Fan Ye, Tao Jin-Hui, Zhang Li-Ping, Li Lian-Hong, Ye Dong-Qing
Abstract excerpt
The B-cell lymphocyte kinase (BLK) is a src-family protein tyrosine kinase specifically expressed in B-lineage cells that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and has been investigated in numerous ethnically diverse studies. However, genetic association studies that have examined the association between BLK gene variants and SLE have produced conflicting results. To shed...
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