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Heterozygote genotypes for PADI4_89 were protectively associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Koreans.
Rheumatology international - 1 Apr 2015
Lim Mi-Kyoung, Shim Tae Sun, Park Mira, Lee Soo-Kon, Sohn Yong-Hak, Sheen Dong-Hyuk, Shim Seung-Cheol
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The aim of this study was to determine whether peptidyl arginine deiminase (PADI) genes could affect susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB), which can be a presumptive base to explain the increased incidence of TB in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Korean. The study population consisted of 47 patients with active TB, 35 patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, 50 RA patients, and 83 healthy...
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