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SUBMITTER: Wei JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3522685 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei James Cheng-Chung JC Hung Kuo-Sheng KS Hsu Yu-Wen YW Wong Ruey-Hong RH Huang Chun-Huang CH Jan Ming-Shiou MS Wu Shyh-Jong SJ Juan Yung-Shun YS Chang Wei-Chiao WC
PloS one 20121214 12
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammation of the sacroiliac joints, spine and peripheral joints. The development of ankylosing spondylitis is still unclear. Genetics factors such as human leukocyte antigen HLA-B27 and ERAP1 have been widely reported to associate to AS susceptibility. In this study, we enrolled 361 AS patients and selected four tagging single nucleotides polymorphisms (tSNPs) at STIM1 gene. The correlation between STIM1 genetic polymorphisms and AS activity index (BAS ...[more]