Osteopontin Alleles Are Associated with Clinical Characteristics in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Variants of the osteopontin (OPN) gene have been associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility and cytokine profiles in SLE patients. It is not known whether these alleles are associated with specific clinical phenotypes in SLE. We studied 252 well-characterized SLE patients fr...

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Main Authors: Tarak Trivedi, Beverly S. Franek, Stephanie L. Green, Silvia N. Kariuki, Marissa Kumabe, Rachel A. Mikolaitis, Meenakshi Jolly, Tammy O. Utset, Timothy B. Niewold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/802581