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SUBMITTER: Li P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5009593 | biostudies-other | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Li Ping P Li Yuan Y Zhou Ai-Hong AH Chen Si S Li Jing J Wen Xiao-Ting XT Wu Zi-Yan ZY Li Liu-Bing LB Zhang Feng-Chun FC Li Yong-Zhe YZ
Chinese medical journal 20160901 17
<h4>Background</h4>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. This study was conducted to examine whether the association of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), spermatogenesis associated 8 (SPATA8), platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRA), and DNA polymerase beta (POLB) with SLE can be replicated in a Chinese Han population.<h4>Methods</h4>Chinese SLE patients (n = 1247) and ethnically and geographically matched he ...[more]