Association of IRF5, STAT4 and BLK with systemic lupus erythematosus and other rheumatic diseases

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Tsuchiya, Naoyuki ^a   Ito, Ikue ^a   Kawasaki, Aya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLK; IRF5; STAT4; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOID TYROSINE KINASE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAT4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; IRF5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; B LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 77953653391     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.33.57     Document Type: Review

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