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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Bermudez M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4359874 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García-Bermúdez Mercedes M López-Mejías Raquel R Genre Fernanda F Castañeda Santos S Corrales Alfonso A Llorca Javier J Llorca Javier J González-Juanatey Carlos C Ubilla Begoña B Miranda-Filloy José A JA Pina Trinitario T Gómez-Vaquero Carmen C Rodríguez-Rodríguez Luis L Fernández-Gutiérrez Benjamín B Balsa Alejandro A Pascual-Salcedo Dora D López-Longo Francisco J FJ Carreira Patricia P Blanco Ricardo R Martín Javier J González-Gay Miguel A MA
BioMed research international 20150301
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a polygenic disease associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality. JAK/STAT signalling pathway is involved in autoimmune diseases and in the atherosclerotic process. JAK3 is a highly promising target for immunomodulatory drugs and polymorphisms in JAK3 gene have been associated with CV events in incident dialysis patients. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the potential role of JAK3 polymorphisms in the developme ...[more]