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Wnt signaling genes of murine chromosome 15 are involved in sex-affected pathways of inflammatory arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2012
Kudryavtseva Elena, Forde Toni S, Pucker Andrew D, Adarichev Vyacheslav A
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OBJECTIVE: Sex disparities in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are well documented despite the lack of any known major RA susceptibility genes mapped to sex chromosomes. Murine chromosome 15 carries the sex-affected Pgia8 locus that mediates proteoglycan-induced arthritis, and homologous human loci are associated with RA. This study was undertaken to identify genes/mechanisms implicated in sex disparities in arthritis....
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