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TNF2, a polymorphism of the tumour necrosis-alpha gene promoter, is a component of the celiac disease major histocompatibility complex haplotype.
European journal of immunology - 1 Sept 1996
McManus R, Wilson A G, Mansfield J, Weir D G, Duff G W, Kelleher D
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease (CD) is an immune disease triggered by the cereal antigen gliadin, resulting in villous atrophy in the small intestine. Susceptibility to the development of CD is strongly influenced by genes in the major histocompatibility complex, in particular alleles of the DQ genes in the clas...
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