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HLA-Cw6 allele, NFkB1 and NFkBIA polymorphisms play no role in predicting response to etanercept in psoriatic patients.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Sept 2016
Caldarola Giacomo, Sgambato Alessandro, Fanali Caterina, Moretta Gaia, Farina Marisa, Lucchetti Donatella, Peris Ketty, De Simone Clara
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OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the role of NFKB1-94 insertion/deletion ATTG (rs28362491) and NFkBIA 2758 A>G (rs696) polymorphisms and HLA-Cw6 allele in predicting the response to etanercept, a TNF-α blocker, in a population of psoriatic patients naive to biologics. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from whole blood in a series of 96 psoriatic patients who received etanercept for at least...
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