Article
Predisposition to Behçet's disease and VKH syndrome by genetic variants of miR-182.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Sept 2014
Yu Hongsong, Liu Yunjia, Bai Lin, Kijlstra Aize, Yang Peizeng
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Previous studies have identified miR-182, miR-27a, FoxO1, and IL2RA as regulatory factors for Treg cell development and function. In order to investigate the association of miR-182, miR-27a, FoxO1, and IL2RA gene polymorphisms with Behçet's disease (BD) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in a Chinese Han population, a two-stage association study was performed in 820 BD, 900 VKH patients, and...
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