PDCD1 polymorphisms are not associated with Takayasu's arteritis in Turkey
Articles > Article · 2012
Authors: H. Direskeneli, E. Tuna-Erdogan, FEYZA GÜNDÜZ, A. Bandurska-Luque, B. Alparslan, M. Kebe, F. A. Uyar, M. Bicakcigil, Kenan AKSU, S. Kamali, Z. OZBALKAN, A. ATES, O. Karadag, H. T. E. Ozer, S. Akar, F. Onen, E. Seyahi, A. M. Onat, S. Z. Aydin, N. Yilmaz, A. Cefle, V. Cobankara, E. Tunc, M. A. Ozturk, I. Fresko, Y. KARAASLAN, N. Akkoc, A. E. Yucel, S. Kiraz, Gökhan KESER, M. Inanc, G. Saruhan-Direskeneli
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2012, vol 30
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000004423
Summary
Objectives. Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic arterial inflammation of unknown etiology involving mainly the aorta and its major branches. Based on the associations of programmed death-1 (PD-1) protein encoding gene (PDCD1) with connective tissue diseases and vasculitides, PDCD1 polymorphisms are studied for susceptibility to TA in this study.