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Linkage of rheumatoid arthritis to the candidate gene NRAMP1 on 2q35.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 1996
Shaw M A, Clayton D, Atkinson S E, Williams H, Miller N, Sibthorpe D, Blackwell J M
Abstract excerpt
The macrophage resistance gene NRAMP1 regulates priming/activation of macrophages for enhanced TNF alpha, IL 1 beta, and MHC class II expression. Since all of these functions are of potential importance in the induction or maintenance or both of autoimmune disease, samples from the Arthritis and...
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