A biologically important single nucleotide polymorphism within the toll-like receptor-4 gene is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-342

  Kilding, R ^a   Akil, M ^a   Till, S ^a   Amos, R ^a   Winfield, J ^a   Iles, M M ^a   Wilson, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYTOKINE; DNA; EPITOPE; GUANINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBABILITY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0037534428     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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