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No association of PTPN22 polymorphisms with susceptibility to ocular Behcet's disease in two Chinese Han populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Zhang Qi, Hou Shengping, Jiang Zhengxuan, Du Liping, Li Fuzhen, Xiao Xiang, Kijlstra Aize, Yang Peizeng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Behcet's disease is known as a recurrent, multisystem inflammation and immune-related disease. Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor 22 (PTPN22) is a key negative regulator of T lymphocytes and polymorphisms of the PTPN22 gene have been shown to be associated with various immune-related diseases. The present study was performed to assess the association between PTPN22 polymorphisms and Behcet's...
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