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Association of FCGR2A/FCGR3A variant rs2099684 with Takayasu arteritis in the Han Chinese population.
Oncotarget - 7 Mar 2017
Chen Si, Wen Xiaoting, Li Jing, Li Yuan, Li Liubing, Tian Xinping, Yuan Hui, Zhang Fengchun, Li Yongzhe
Abstract excerpt
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a chronic large-vessel vasculitis of unclear pathogenesis. A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) has revealed that the FCGR2A/FCGR3A, EEFSEC, RPS9/LILRB3, RIPPLY2 and MLX genes confer susceptibility to TA. We investigated the linkage between presumptive TA-related genes (FCGR2A/FCGR3A, EEFSEC, RPS9/LILRB3, RIPPLY2 and MLX) and TA in the Han Chinese population.We performed a...
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