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The Role of CD247 Polymorphisms in Bulgarian Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC - 1 Dec 2017
Hristova Maria, Kamenarska Zornitsa, Dzhebir Gyulnas, Kaneva Radka, Vinkov Anton, Mitev Vanio, Dourmishev Lyubomir
Abstract excerpt
Decreased expression of the TCR ζ-chain has been reported in several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Recent evidence suggests that this deficiency may be due to polymorphisms in the CD247 gene. A total 52 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 95 healthy controls of Bulgarian ethnicity were genotyped for 837C>G, rs1052230, 844A>T, and rs1052231 using a TaqMan genotyping assay. None of the two...
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