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SUBMITTER: Yang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509750 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Yi Y Tan Handan H Deng Bolin B Yu Hongsong H Su Guannan G Hu Jiayue J Cao Qingfeng Q Yuan Gangxiang G Kijlstra Aize A Yang Peizeng P
Scientific reports 20170713 1
C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) have been demonstrated to be involved in several autoimmune diseases. The role of CLRs in Behcet's disease (BD) is unknown and thus was the purpose of this study. A two-stage association study was carried out and a total of 766 BD patients and 1674 healthy controls were recruited. Genotyping of 14 SNPs of 13 genes in CLRs was carried out by iPLEX Gold genotyping or polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay. The expression o ...[more]