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SUBMITTER: Yen JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3997980 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yen Jeng-Hsien JH Chang Che-Mai CM Hsu Yu-Wen YW Lee Chih-Hung CH Wu Mei-Shin MS Hwang Daw-Yang DY Chen Ben-Kuen BK Liao Hsien-Tzung HT Wu Man-Tzu Marcie MT Chang Wei-Chiao WC
Mediators of inflammation 20140408
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory disease usually occurring in synovial tissues and joints, is highly associated with genetic and environmental factors. ORAI1, a gene related to cellular immune system, has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases and immune diseases. To identify whether ORAI1 gene contributes to RA susceptibility, we enrolled 400 patients with RA and 621 healthy individuals for a case-control genetic association study. Five t ...[more]