Mannose binding lectin (MBL) gene mutation is not a risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japanese

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 464-466

  Horiuchi, T ^a   Tsukamoto, H ^a   Morita, C ^a   Sawabe, T ^a   Harashima, S ^a   Nakashima, H ^a   Miyahara, H ^b   Hashimura, C ^a   Kondo, M ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Complement; Mannose binding lectin; Mannose binding protein; Rheumatoid arthritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COLLECTIN; LECTIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLECTINS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LECTINS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034303169     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363710     Document Type: Article

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