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A redundant epistatic interaction between IRF5 and STAT4 of the type I interferon pathway in susceptibility to lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Lupus - 1 Nov 2013
Kim K, Cho S K, Han T U, Kim J H, Kang S J, Kang C, Bae S C
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OBJECTIVE: Two transcription factors in the type I interferon pathway, IRF5 and STAT4, have been genetically associated with susceptibility to both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to determine whether these two genes interact with each other to affect the disease susceptibilities. METHODS: The genetic interactions between IRF5 and STAT4 polymorphisms in SLE and...
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