Study of association of CD40-CD154 gene polymorphisms with disease susceptibility and cardiovascular risk in Spanish rheumatoid arthritis patients.

<h4>Objective</h4>Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Since CD40-CD154 binding has direct consequences on inflammation process initiation, we aimed to replicate previous findings related to disease susceptib...

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Main Authors: Mercedes García-Bermúdez, Carlos González-Juanatey, Raquel López-Mejías, María Teruel, Alfonso Corrales, José A Miranda-Filloy, Santos Castañeda, Alejandro Balsa, Benjamín Fernández-Gutierrez, Isidoro González-Álvaro, Carmen Gómez-Vaquero, Ricardo Blanco, Javier Llorca, Javier Martín, Miguel A González-Gay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23166616/?tool=EBI