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Evidence of epistatic interaction between DPP4 and CCR6 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2016
Leng Rui-Xue, Liu Juan, Yang Xiao-Ke, Wang Bin, Zhang Chao, Tao Sha-Sha, Wang De-Guang, Li Xiao-Mei, Li Xiang-Pei, Pan Hai-Feng, Ye Dong-Qing
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A recent genome-wide association study identified that genetic variants in DPP4 and CCR6 are connected with a risk of RA in the Han Chinese population. The aim of this study was to estimate the epistatic interaction between DPP4 and CCR6 in RA. METHODS: Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms identified in a Han Chinese genome-wide association study (rs12617656 in DPP4, rs1854853 in CCR6) were genotyped....
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