Association of interleukin 1α promoter polymorphism (-889C/T) with susceptibility to systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1755-

  Peng, Wen Jia ^a   Wang, Bing Xiang ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IL1A GENE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84864543022     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120027     Document Type: Letter

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