Article
Associations between circulating IL-17 levels and rheumatoid arthritis and between IL-17 gene polymorphisms and disease susceptibility: a meta-analysis.
Postgraduate medical journal - 1 Aug 2017
Lee Young Ho, Bae Sang-Cheol
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To systematically review evidence regarding the relationship between circulating interleukin-17 (IL-17) levels and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and associations between polymorphisms in IL-17 genes and RA susceptibility. METHOD: We performed a meta-analysis of serum/plasma IL-17 levels in patients with RA and controls, and evaluated evidence of associations between the rs2275913, rs3819024, rs4711998...
Topics
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
