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Genetic variation and significant association of polymorphism rs7700944 G>A of TIM-4 gene with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility in Chinese Han and Hui populations.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2012
Xu J, Yang Y, Liu X, Wang Y
Abstract excerpt
The T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domains 1 (TIM-1) and 3 (TIM-3) have been shown to be associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in many ethnicities. In this study, we investigated the rs7700944 polymorphism of the intron region of TIM-4 gene in Chinese Han and Hui populations, with and without RA in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Our results demonstrated genetic variations of the...
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