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PPARg2 Ala¹² variant protects against Graves' orbitopathy and modulates the course of the disease.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jul 2013
Pawlak-Adamska Edyta, Daroszewski Jacek, Bolanowski Marek, Oficjalska Jolanta, Janusz Przemyslaw, Szalinski Marek, Frydecka Irena
Abstract excerpt
Orbital fibroblast differentiation to adipocytes is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g (PPARg)-dependent process essential for pathogenic tissue remodeling in Graves' orbitopathy (GO). PPARg2 Pro¹²Ala polymorphism modulates expression and/or function of the molecule encoded by this gene and is a promising locus of GO. Here, we analyzed associations of PPARg2 Pro¹²Ala with clinical manifestation of GO...
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