Article
Human leukocyte antigen-G polymorphism influences the age of onset and autoantibody status in rheumatoid arthritis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2015
Mariaselvam C M, Chaaben A B, Salah S, Charron D, Krishnamoorthy R, Tamouza R, Negi V S
Abstract excerpt
The study was conducted to investigate the frequency of three gene polymorphisms in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of human leucocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) gene in south Indian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and analyze their influence on disease susceptibility, phenotype and treatment response. HLA-G 14 bp insertion (Ins)/deletion (del) (rs66554220), HLA-G +3142G>C (rs1063320) and +3187A>G (rs9380142)...
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