HLA-E gene polymorphism associates with ankylosing spondylitis in Sardinia

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Paladini, Fabiana ^a   Belfiore, Francesca ^a,b   Cocco, Elisa ^a   Carcassi, Carlo ^c   Cauli, Alberto ^c   Vacca, Alessandra ^c   Fiorillo, Maria T ^a   Mathieu, Alessandro ^c   Cascino, Isabella ^b   Sorrentino, Rosa ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA-E ANTIGEN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ONCOGENE; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 77952517247     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2860     Document Type: Article

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