TRAF1/C5 but Not PTPRC Variants Are Potential Predictors of Rheumatoid Arthritis Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy

TRAF1/C5 but Not PTPRC Variants Are Potential Predictors of Rheumatoid Arthritis Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy

Background. The aim of our work was to replicate, in a Southern European population, the association reported in Northern populations between PTPRC locus and response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We also looked at associations between five RA risk...

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Main Authors: Helena Canhão, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Maria José Santos, Diana Carmona-Fernandes, Bruno F. Bettencourt, Jing Cui, Fabiana L. Rocha, José Canas Silva, Joaquim Polido-Pereira, José Alberto Pereira Silva, José António Costa, Domingos Araujo, Cândida Silva, Helena Santos, Cátia Duarte, Rafael Cáliz, Ileana Filipescu, Fernando Pimentel-Santos, Jaime Branco, Juan Sainz, Robert M. Plenge, Daniel H. Solomon, Jácome Bruges-Armas, José António P. Da Silva, João Eurico Fonseca, Elizabeth W. Karlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/490295

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