CTLA4 +49AG (rs231775) and CT60 (rs3087243) gene variants are not associated with alopecia areata in a Mexican population from Monterrey Mexico,

• Main Authors: Mauricio Andrés Salinas-Santander (Author), Cristina Susana Cantu-Salinas (Author), Jorge Ocampo-Candiani (Author), Victor de Jesus Suarez-Valencia (Author), Jennifer Guadalupe Ramirez-Guerrero (Author), Celia Nohemi Sanchez-Dominguez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background: Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that produces non-scarring hair loss around the body. Gene variants of the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) gene, a negative regulator of T-cell response, have been associated with a predisposition to autoimmune diseases in differ...