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Associations between fucosyltransferase 3 gene polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis: A case-control study of an east Chinese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Jiang Guangming, Han Renfang, Chen Mengya, Liu Rui, Wu Meng, Zhang Xu, Ma Yubo, Yuan Yaping, Wang Ran, Shuai Zongwen, Pan Faming
Abstract excerpt
Many susceptibility genes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) and FUT3 genes are related to IBD. This study aimed to investigate whether these genes correlated with the susceptibility to AS. Questionnaires of 673 patients with AS, and peripheral blood specimens of the patients and 687 healthy controls were collected. FUT2 and FUT3 genes...
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