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Genetic polymorphism in intron 6 of the LMP7 gene in Japanese and its association with sarcoidosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 1997
Ishihara M, Ohno S, Ishida T, Naruse T, Inoko H
Abstract excerpt
Genetic polymorphism in intron 6 of the LMP7 gene was investigated using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism in 90 unrelated healthy Japanese controls and 66 Japanese patients with sarcoidosis. Four alleles, including two new ones recently identified in Koreans, LMP7*C and LMP7*D, were found in the Japanese population. The frequency of LMP7*C in the sarcoidosis patients was higher...
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