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CARD8 rs2043211 (p.C10X) polymorphism is not associated with disease susceptibility or cardiovascular events in Spanish rheumatoid arthritis patients.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Jan 2013
García-Bermúdez Mercedes, López-Mejías Raquel, González-Juanatey Carlos, Corrales Alfonso, Castañeda Santos, Ortiz Ana M, Miranda-Filloy José A, Gómez-Vaquero Carmen, Fernández-Gutiérrez Benjamín, Balsa Alejandro, Pascual-Salcedo Dora, Blanco Ricardo, Llorca Javier, Martín Javier, González-Gay Miguel A
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex polygenic inflammatory disease associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, which is the main cause of increased cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in RA patients. CARD8 is a constituent of inflammasome, which regulates interleukin 1-beta production, and has been associated with a worse disease course in early RA. One thousand six hundred twenty-one patients...
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