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High basal activity of the PTPN22 gain-of-function variant blunts leukocyte responsiveness negatively affecting IL-10 production in ANCA vasculitis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Cao Yali, Yang Jiajin, Colby Kerry, Hogan Susan L, Hu Yichun, Jennette Caroline E, Berg Elisabeth A, Zhang Youkang, Jennette J Charles, Falk Ronald J, Preston Gloria A
Abstract excerpt
Consequences of expression of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 (PTPN22) gain-of-function variant were evaluated in leukocytes from patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA) disease. The frequency of the gain-of-function allele within the Caucasian patient cohort...
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