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Association of PHRF1-IRF7 region polymorphism with clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Japanese population.
Lupus - 1 Jul 2012
Kawasaki A, Furukawa H, Kondo Y, Ito S, Hayashi T, Kusaoi M, Matsumoto I, Tohma S, Takasaki Y, Hashimoto H, Sumida T, Tsuchiya N
Abstract excerpt
Interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7) has an essential role in the production of type I interferon. Although recent studies detected association of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4963128 in PHD and ring finger domains 1 (PHRF1)/KIAA1542, located closely to IRF7, and IRF7 rs1131665 (glutamine (Gln) 412 arginine (Arg)) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), causal variants have not been established. In...
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