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Common Variants within MECP2 Confer Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a predominantly female autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems. Herein, we report on an X-chromosome gene association with SLE. Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) is located on chromosome Xq28 and encodes for a protein that plays a critical role...

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Autores principales: Sawalha, Amr H., Webb, Ryan, Han, Shizhong, Kelly, Jennifer A., Kaufman, Kenneth M., Kimberly, Robert P., Alarcón-Riquelme, Marta E., James, Judith A., Vyse, Timothy J., Gilkeson, Gary S., Choi, Chan-Bum, Scofield, R. Hal, Bae, Sang-Cheol, Nath, Swapan K., Harley, John B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001727