Interferon regulatory factor 5 gene polymorphism confers risk to several rheumatic diseases and correlates with expression of alternative thymic transcripts.

Objectives. Polymorphisms in genes related to the IFN pathway were investigated for susceptibility to rheumatic diseases and correlation with gene expression in thymus.Methods. Forty-five polymorphisms were genotyped in Norwegian patients with RA (n = 518), JIA (n = 440), SLE (n = 154) and healthy c...

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Published in:	Rheumatology Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 619 - 627
Main Authors:	Nordang, Gry B. N., Viken, Marte K., Amundsen, Silja S., Sanchez, Elena S., Flatø, Berit, Førre, Øystein T., Martin, Javier, Kvien, Tore K., Lie, Benedicte A.
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Apr2012
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