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Variation in STAT4 is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese Northern Han population.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Nov 2010
Su Yin, Zhao Yi, Liu Xu, Guo Jian-Ping, Jiang Quan, Liu Xiang-Yuan, Zhang Feng-Chun, Zheng Yi, Li Xiao-Xia, Song Hui, Huang Ci-Bo, Huang Yan-Hong, Wang Tian, Pan Si-Si, Li Chun, Liu Xia, Zhu Lei, Zhang Chun-Fang, Li Zhan-Guo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have identified signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) as a susceptibility gene for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in different populations. In order to examine whether the allele distribution of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in gene STAT4 rs7574865 in patients with SLE is different from those of healthy controls in Chinese Northern Han population, we...
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