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The influence of ERAP1 gene variants on clinical phenotype in ankylosing spondylitis.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 2016
Nossent J C, Johnsen S, Bakland G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) gene variants diminish the risk of developing ankylosing spondylitis (AS) through a reduction in ERAP1 activity. We investigated whether disease expression was altered in patients who developed AS despite the presence of two protective ERAP1 variants. METHOD: We conducted a cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study of patients with established AS...
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