Article
Identification of the PTPN22 functional variant R620W as susceptibility genetic factor for giant cell arteritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Nov 2013
Serrano A, Márquez A, Mackie S L, Carmona F D, Solans R, Miranda-Filloy J A, Hernández-Rodríguez J, Cid M C, Castañeda S, Morado I C, Narváez J, Blanco R, Sopeña B, García-Villanueva M J, Monfort J, Ortego-Centeno N, Unzurrunzaga A, Marí-Alfonso B, Sánchez Martín J, de Miguel E, Magro C, Raya E, Braun N, Latus J, Molberg O, Lie B A, Moosig F, Witte T, Morgan A W, González-Gay M A, Martín J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the role of the PTPN22 and CSK genes, previously associated with autoimmunity, in the predisposition and clinical phenotypes of giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: Our study population was composed of 911 patients diagnosed with biopsy-proven GCA and 8136 unaffected control...
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