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The Role of NRAMP1/SLC11A1 Gene Variant D543N (1730G/A) in the Genetic Susceptibility to Develop Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Mexican Mestizo population.
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Niño-Moreno Perla, Turrubiartes-Martínez Edgar, Oceguera-Maldonado Brenda, Baltazar-Benítez Nubia, Negrete-González Cindy, Oliva-Ramírez Brenda, Baranda Lourdes, González-Amaro Roberto
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BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease whose cause has not been fully elucidated. However, genetic factors seem to have an important role in its pathogenesis. OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the possible association between rheumatoid arthritis and variants of the SLC11A1 gene, which encodes for NRAMP1, a protein involved in the activation of phagocytes and synthesis of proinflammatory...
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