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The CD11b-integrin (ITGAM) and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lupus - 1 Jun 2013
Fagerholm S C, MacPherson M, James M J, Sevier-Guy C, Lau C S
Abstract excerpt
Variations at the ITGAM gene, which encodes for the CD11b chain of the Mac-1 (alphaMbeta2; CD11b/CD18; complement receptor-3) integrin, is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). More specifically, a genetic variant (rs1143679) which results in an arginine to histidine substitution at position 77 in the extracellular portion of the integrin is associated with disease. It...
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