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Is there a genetic predisposition for Turkish patients with sarcoidosis in the 329-bp region containing the BTNL2 rs2076530 polymorphism?
Turkish journal of medical sciences - 1 Jan 2014
Ozdemir Muhsin, Saydam Faruk, Kurt Emel, Değirmenci Irfan, Tuncel Tunç, Cilingir Oğuz, Güneş Hasan Veysi, Artan Sevilhan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Sarcoidosis is a complex, multifactorial immune disorder with unknown etiology. A single nucleotide polymorphism (G→A, rs2076530) in the butyrophilin-like 2 (BTNL2) gene results in a truncating protein formation. It has been previously reported that this variation may be a risk factor for sarcoidosis in certain ethnic groups. This study was conducted to determine whether there is any genetic...
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