Enrichment of genetic variants for rheumatoid arthritis within T-cell and NK-cell enhancer regions

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-184

  Freudenberg, Jan ^a,b   Gregersen, Peter ^a   Li, Wentian ^a  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AB)   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MAST CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84935880348     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: 15283658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2014.00252     Document Type: Article

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