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Serum leptin levels, leptin receptor gene (LEPR) polymorphism, and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in Kashmiri population.
Immunological investigations - 1 Jan 2015
Afroze Dil, Yousuf Adfar, Ali Raihana, Kawoosa Fizalah, Akhtar Tahseena, Reshi Sabeeha, Shah Zafar A
Abstract excerpt
The study is conducted to evaluate relationship between LEPRQ223R (Gln > Arg) polymorphism, serum leptin levels, soluble leptin receptor (SOb-R) levels and SLE risk in Kashmiri population.LEPR genotyping was done by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method in 100 unrelated SLE patients and equal number of healthy control subjects. Leptin and SOb-R levels were measured...
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