The genetic contribution of the TNFa11 microsatellite allele and the TNFB+252*2 allele in Japanese RA

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-498

  Takeuchi, Fujio ^c   Nabeta, Hiromi ^c   Hong, Gi Hyun ^c   Kawasugi, Kaname ^c   Mori, Masaki ^c   Matsuta, Kunio ^c   Kuwata, Shoji ^a   Murayama, Takashi ^b   Nakano, Keiichiro ^c  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Johoku Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association; Japanese; RA; TNFa; TNFB; TNFb

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 26844557858     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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