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Lack of association of NAMPT rs9770242 and rs59744560 polymorphisms with disease susceptibility and cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
García-Bermúdez M, González-Juanatey C, Rodríguez-Rodríguez L, Miranda-Filloy J A, Perez-Esteban S, Vazquez-Rodriguez T R, Castañeda S, Balsa A, Fernández-Gutierrez B, Llorca J, González-Alvaro I, Martín J, González-Gay M A
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OBJECTIVES: Visfatin is an adipokine encoded by the NAMPT (PBEF1) gene. In this study we assessed the potential association of two NAMPT gene polymorphisms with disease susceptibility and cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: A total of 1,395 patients fulfilling the 1987 ACR classification criteria for RA and 1,230 matched controls, were genotyped for the NAMPT rs9770242...
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