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SUBMITTER: Kim HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083627 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Hyun Jeong HJ Trinh Nga Thi NT Choi Yunjeong Y Kim Woorim W Min Kyung Hyun KH Kang Sang Oh SO Kim Joo Hee JH Kim Hyoun-Ah HA Jung Ju-Yang JY Choi In Ah IA Lee Kyung Eun KE
Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine 20200316
<h4>Purpose</h4>TNF-α is a transmembrane protein which requires cleavage by ADAM17 in order to act systemically. The activation of ADAM17 to generate soluble TNF‑α results in an increased inflammatory activity. We hypothesized that variants spanning the ADAM17 gene contribute towards the observed variation in patient response defined by the number of changes in TNF‑α inhibitors.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ADAM17 in 63 patients with rheumatoid arth ...[more]