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Identification of IL-7 as a candidate disease mediator in osteoarthritis in Chinese Han population: a case-control study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2016
Zhang Hong-Xin, Wang Yan-Gui, Lu Shun-Yuan, Lu Xiong-Xiong, Liu Jie
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OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the biochemical mediators IL-7 that correlate with the initiation and progression of OA. We performed this study to assess the role of variants of IL-7 in OA susceptibility in the Chinese Han population. METHODS: We performed a retrospective, case-control study in the Chinese Han population from 2013 to 2015. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped (using a ligase...
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