Toll-like receptor 4 and CD14 polymorphisms in ankylosing spondylitis: Evidence of a weak association in finns

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1609-1612

  Pointon, Jennifer J ^a   Chapman, Kay ^a   Harvey, David ^a   Sims, Anne Marie ^b   Bradbury, Linda ^b   Laiho, Kari ^c,d   Kauppi, Markku ^c   Kaarela, Kalevi ^c   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e,f   Brown, Matthew A ^a   Wordsworth, B Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Genetic studies; Immune system

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIGENS, CD14; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 49049104935     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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