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Genetics of serum concentration of IL-6 and TNFα in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis: a candidate gene analysis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Aug 2015
Solus Joseph F, Chung Cecilia P, Oeser Annette, Li Chun, Rho Young Hee, Bradley Kevin M, Kawai Vivian K, Smith Jeffrey R, Stein C Michael
Abstract excerpt
Elevated concentrations of inflammatory mediators are characteristic of autoimmune disease accompanied by chronic or recurrent inflammation. We examined the hypothesis that mediators of inflammation known to be elevated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with genetic polymorphism previously identified in studies of inflammatory disease. Serum interleukin 6 (IL-6)...
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