Association of TNFAIP3 Polymorphism with Susceptibility to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Japanese Population

Recent genome-wide association studies demonstrated association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TNFAIP3 region at 6q23 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in European-American populations. In this study, we investigated whether SNPs in the TNFAIP3 region are associated with SLE...

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Main Authors: Aya Kawasaki, Ikue Ito, Satoshi Ito, Taichi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Yoshinari Takasaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Takayuki Sumida, Naoyuki Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/207578