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Human CD72 splicing isoform responsible for resistance to systemic lupus erythematosus regulates serum immunoglobulin level and is localized in endoplasmic reticulum.
BMC immunology - 26 Dec 2012
Hitomi Yuki, Adachi Takahiro, Tsuchiya Naoyuki, Honda Zen-Ichiro, Tokunaga Katsushi, Tsubata Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: CD72 is an inhibitory co-receptor expressed on B cells. We previously demonstrated significant association of the polymorphism of the CD72 gene with susceptibility to human systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in individuals carrying a SLE-susceptible FCGR2B genotype (FCGR2B-232Thr/Thr). The human CD72 locus generates a splicing isoform that lacks exon 8 (CD72Δex8) as well as full-length CD72 (CD72fl),...
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