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Association between interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese Han population: a case-control study and a meta-analysis.
Scientific reports - 17 Jul 2014
Li Feng, Xu Jing, Zheng Jiatian, Sokolove Jeremy, Zhu Kai, Zhang Yuanchao, Sun Hongsheng, Evangelou Evangelos, Pan Zhenglun
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association in the interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Chinese Han population from Shandong Province. Target regions of IL-6 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and genotyped. A logistic regression analysis was performed to detect potential associations in our case-control sample, the odd ratio(OR) and 95% confidence...
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