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Association of HSPA1B SNP rs6457452 with Alopecia Areata in the Korean population.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2014
Seok Hosik, Jeon Hye Sook, Park Hae Jeong, Kim Su Kang, Choi Jeong Hwee, Lew Bark-Lynn, Chung Joo-Ho, Sim Woo-Young
Abstract excerpt
The heat shock 70 kDa protein 1B (HSPA1B), which has been well-studied among the famous heat shock proteins HSPA1A/B/L, is related to autoimmune diseases, including Alopecia Areata (AA). In this study, the association of a 5'-untranslated region (5'UTR) SNP rs6457452 and a promoter SNP rs2763979 (-1140C > T) of HSPA1B with AA was investigated in 236 controls and 228 AA patients. Statistical analyses using the...
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