Lack of association of the <it>CIITA </it>-168A→G promoter SNP with myasthenia gravis and its role in autoimmunity

• Autori principali: Hammarström Lennart (Autore), Pirskanen Ritva (Autore), Zhao Yaofeng (Autore), Ramanujam Ryan (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator (CIITA) regulates MHC class II gene expression. A promoter SNP -168A→G (rs3087456) has previously been shown to be associated with susceptibility to several immune mediated...