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A case-control study suggests that the CCR6 locus is not involved in the susceptibility to giant cell arteritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Serrano A, Carmona F D, Castañeda S, Miranda-Filloy J A, Morado I C, Gomez-Vaquero C, Solans R, Sopeña B, Blanco R, Unzurrunzaga A, Ortego-Centeno N, Marí-Alfonso B, Hidalgo-Conde A, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Cid M C, Martín J, Gonzalez-Gay M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Polymorphisms of the CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6) gene have been recently reported to be associated with a number of autoimmune diseases. We aimed to investigate the possible influence of CCR6 rs3093024 gene variant in the susceptibility to and clinical expression of GCA. METHODS: The CCR6 polymorphism rs3093024 was genotyped in a total of 463 Spanish patients diagnosed with biopsy-proven GCA and...
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