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CASPASE-12 and rheumatoid arthritis in African-Americans.
Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2014
Marshall Laura, Obaidullah Mohammad, Fuchs Trista, Fineberg Naomi S, Brinkley Garland, Mikuls Ted R, Bridges S Louis, Hermel Evan
Abstract excerpt
CASPASE-12 (CASP12) has a downregulatory function during infection and thus may protect against inflammatory disease. We investigated the distribution of CASP12 alleles (#rs497116) in African-Americans (AA) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). CASP12 alleles were genotyped in 953 RA patients and 342 controls. Statistical analyses comparing genotype groups were performed using Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric ANOVA with...
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