CTLA-4 polymorphisms (+49 A/G and -318 C/T) are important genetic determinants of AITD susceptibility and predisposition to high levels of thyroid autoantibodies in Polish children - Preliminary study

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-646

  Pastuszak Lewandoska, Dorota ^a   Domańska, Daria ^a   Rudzińska, Magdalena ^b   Bossowski, Artur ^c   Kucharska, Anna ^d   Sewerynek, Ewa ^a   Czarnecka, Karolina ^a   Migdalska Sȩk, Monika ^a   Czarnocka, Barbara ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; CTLA 4; Graves' disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Single nucleotide polymorphism; TAb production

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893355545     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2013_2034     Document Type: Article

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