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Resistin polymorphisms are associated with rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility in Chinese Han subjects.
Medicine - 1 Mar 2018
Wang Lihong, Tang Chih-Hsin, Lu Tingting, Sun Yi, Xu Guohong, Huang Chien-Chung, Yang Shun-Fa, Su Chen-Ming
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease. To date, the specific mechanisms that drive RA disease remain unknown and provide the impetus for genetic investigations into the development of RA. Researchers hope to identify gene polymorphisms that could serve as treatment targets in patients with RA. We have previously suggested that the gene encoding the pro-inflammatory adipokine...
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