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The association between osteopontin gene polymorphisms, osteopontin expression and sarcoidosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Lavi Hadas, Assayag Miri, Schwartz Assaf, Arish Nissim, Fridlender Zvi G, Berkman Neville
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. Osteopontin (SPP1, OPN) is an extra cellular matrix glycoprotein and cytokine with a known role in granuloma formation and in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether plasma OPN levels are elevated in patients with sarcoidosis and compare the frequency of four single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) variants...
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