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Trabecular and cortical bone involvement in rheumatoid arthritis by DXA and DXA-based 3D modelling
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients had a higher risk of develo** low bone mineral density (BMD) or osteoporosis. RA patients on classic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (c-DMARD) therapy showed significa...
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Open AccessMHC associations with clinical and autoantibody manifestations in European SLE
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a clinically heterogeneous disease affecting multiple organ systems and characterized by autoantibody formation to nuclear components. Although genetic variation within th...
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A functional haplotype of UBE2L3 confers risk for systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with diverse clinical manifestations characterized by the development of pathogenic autoantibodies manifesting in inflammation of target organs such ...
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Role of MYH9 and APOL1 in African and non-African populations with lupus nephritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production and organ damage. Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most severe manifestations of SLE. Multiple stud...
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Genetic association of miRNA-146a with systemic lupus erythematosus in Europeans through decreased expression of the gene
A recent genome-wide association study revealed a variant (rs2431697) in an intergenic region, between the pituitary tumor-transforming 1 (PTTG1) and microRNA (miR-146a) genes, associated with systemic lupus eryt...
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Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disorder with a complex pathogenesis in which genetic, hormonal and environmental factors have a role. Rare mutations in the TREX1 gene, the major mam...
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Replication of the TNFSF4 (OX40L) promoter region association with systemic lupus erythematosus
The tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 4 gene (TNFSF4) encodes the OX40 ligand (OX40L), a costimulatory molecule involved in T-cell activation. A recent study demonstrated the association of TNFSF4 h...
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Amerindian ancestry in Argentina is associated with increased risk for systemic lupus erythematosus
Previous studies have demonstrated that in admixed populations, West African ancestry is associated with an increased prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the current study, the effect of Ameri...