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Analysis of the MHC class II encoded components of the HLA class I antigen processing pathway in ankylosing spondylitis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jan 1994
Burney R O, Pile K D, Gibson K, Calin A, Kennedy L G, Sinnott P J, Powis S H, Wordsworth B P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The evaluation of the role of polymorphism within the class II encoded antigen processing genes, LMP2 and TAP, in susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: Eighty five patients with ankylosing spondylitis, 35 B27 positive healthy controls, and 55 unrelated healthy controls were studied. TAP1 and TAP2 alleles were assigned by ARMS PCR, and LMP2 alleles were assigned by restriction enzyme...
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