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Characterization of copy number variants for CCL3L1 gene in rheumatoid arthritis for French trio families and Tunisian cases and controls.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Aug 2016
Ben Kilani Mohamed Sahbi, Achour Yosser, Perea Javier, Cornelis François, Bardin Thomas, Chaudru Valérie, Maalej Abdellatif, Petit-Teixeira Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
Analyses of copy number variants (CNVs) for candidate genes in complex diseases are currently a promising research field. CNVs of C-C chemokine ligand 3-like 1 (CCL3L1) gene are candidate genomic factors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We investigated CCL3L1 CNVs association with a case-control study in Tunisians and a transmission analysis in French trio families. Relative copy number (rCN) of CCL3L1 gene was...
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