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Association of Hashimoto's thyroiditis with cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) genes in a Kuwaiti population.
Endocrine - 1 Jun 2013
Alfadhli Suad, Almutawa Qamar, Abbas Jasem M K, Doi Suhail A R
Abstract excerpt
Analysing two CTLA-4 markers [exon 1 A49G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and exon 4 3'UTR (AT)n repeat] and the ICOS intron 4 (GT)n marker for their potential association with HT, and exploring the effect of the tested SNPs on the CTLA-4 isoform expression at the mRNA and protein levels. To...
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