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No association of PTPN22 R620W gene polymorphism with rheumatic heart disease and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2011
Aksoy Rahime, Duman Türker, Keskin Onur, Düzgün Nurşen
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) or acute rheumatic fever (ARF) develops as a consequence of an exaggerated immune response to Group A beta haemolytic streptococci causing pharyngitis. The molecular mimicry appears between human cardiac myosin and M protein of group A streptococcal membranes. The polymorphism of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 (PTPN22) gene, which encodes an important negative...
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