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The effect of TGF-β1 polymorphism on systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and pooled analysis of available literature.
Rheumatology international - 1 Nov 2013
Wan Ya-nan, Wang Yu-jie, Yan Jun-wei, Li Xiang-pei, Tao Jin-hui, Wang Bing-xiang, Peng Wen-jia, Wang Jing
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To investigate whether TGF-β1 gene promoter polymorphisms were associated with the susceptibility of SSc, we performed a meta-analysis based on all available studies through PubMed, Elsevier Science Direct, Embase, and Chinese Biomedical, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Google Scholar with...
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