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SUBMITTER: Piotrowski P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3632719 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piotrowski Piotr P Lianeri Margarita M Wudarski Mariusz M Olesińska Marzena M Jagodziński Paweł P PP
Rheumatology international 20120905 5
There are several studies on the association of TLR9 polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in different ethnicities; however, the results are inconsistent. Therefore, we studied the distribution of the TLR9 C > T (rs352140) polymorphism in patients with SLE (n = 254) and controls (n = 521) in a Polish population. We did not observe significant differences in the prevalence of the TLR9 C > T genotype and alleles between patients with SLE and controls. However, we found a contribut ...[more]