Fine mapping of the MHC Class III region demonstrates association of AIF1 and rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1761-1767

  Harney, S M J ^a   Vilarino Guell C ^a   Adamopoulos, I E ^a   Sims, A M ^a,b   Lawrence, R W ^c   Cardon, L R ^c   Newton, J L ^a   Meisel, C ^a   Pointon, J J ^a   Darke, C ^d   Athanasou, N ^a   Wordsworth, B P ^a   Brown, Matt A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunogenetics; Major histocompatibility complex; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; APOLIPOPROTEIN M; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CASEIN KINASE II; CASEIN KINASE II BETA; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 3; METHOTREXATE; PROTEIN BAT2; PROTEIN BAT3; PROTEIN BAT4; PROTEIN BAT5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 56649117670     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken376     Document Type: Article

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