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SUBMITTER: Abbasi Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5141256 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abbasi Zahra Z Kazemi Nezhad Seyed Reza SR Pourmahdi-Broojeni Mahdi M Rajaei Elham E
Iranian biomedical journal 20160524 1
<h4>Background</h4>Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2476601 within protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 gene (PTPN22) has been shown to be a risk factor for different autoimmune diseases. This study explored the association of 1858 C/T SNP with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and celiac disease (CD) in a region covering south-west of Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>Totally, 52 patients with CD, 120 patients with RA, and 120 healthy subjects were selected. The samples were genotyped for the rs2 ...[more]