Article
Susceptibility to Reiter's syndrome is associated with alleles of TAP genes.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 1995
Barron K S, Reveille J D, Carrington M, Mann D L, Robinson M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Although HLA-B27 is strongly associated with susceptibility to Reiter's syndrome (RS), recent data suggest that an additional modifying or susceptibility gene(s) acts in concert with HLA-B27 to contribute to disease pathogenesis. The recently described TAP genes (transporters associated with antigen processing) are potential candidates because they are polymorphic and their function is to transport...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Reactive
- Base Sequence
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genetic Linkage
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
