Article
Association of CD247 polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis: a replication study and a meta-analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Teruel María, McKinney Cushla, Balsa Alejandro, Pascual-Salcedo Dora, Rodriguez-Rodriguez Luis, Ortiz Ana M, Gómez-Vaquero Carmen, González-Gay Miguel A, Smith Malcolm, Witte Torsten, Merriman Tony, Lie Benedicte A, Martin Javier
Abstract excerpt
Given the role of CD247 in the response of the T cells, its entailment in autoimmune diseases and in order to better clarify the role of this gene in RA susceptibility, we aimed to analyze CD247 gene variants previously associated with other autoimmune diseases (rs1052237, rs2056626 and rs864537) in a large independent European Caucasian population. However, no evidence of association was found for the analyzed...
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