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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C polymorphisms are associated with a decreased risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2014
Zhang Yiqun, Zhang Hui, Huang Yong, Sun Rongbin, Liu Ruiping, Wei Jie
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune rheumatological disease thought to have substantial genetic contributions. Several genetic factors involved in the susceptibility to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have been identified with genome-wide association studies, including human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C, junction adhesion molecule 2 (JAM2) and REL. Psoriasis and PsA may share many features in common...
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