Association of β-defensin gene copy number variations with ankylosing spondylitis in Chinese population: A case–control study

Genome-Wide Copy Number Variation Analysis Identifies Deletion Variants Associated With Ankylosing Spondylitis

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The Epidemiology of Back Pain, Axial Spondyloarthritis and HLA-B27 in the United States

(2013) John D. Reveille et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES

UGT2B17 copy number gain in a large ankylosing spondylitis multiplex family

(2013) Mohammed Uddin et al.   BMC GENETICS

Alpha-defensin DEFA1A3 gene copy number variation in Asians and its genetic association study in Chinese systemic lupus erythematosus patients

(2013) Fa-juan Cheng et al.   GENE

Variation in human β-defensin genes: new insights from a multi-population study

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Efficient typing of copy number variations in a segmental duplication-mediated rearrangement hotspot using multiplex competitive amplification

(2012) Renqian Du et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Association of β-Defensin Copy Number and Psoriasis in Three Cohorts of European Origin

(2012) Philip E. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Old and new HLA associations with ankylosing spondylitis

(2012) R. Díaz-Peña et al.   TISSUE ANTIGENS

Low copy number of the FCGR3B gene and rheumatoid arthritis: a case-control study and meta-analysis

(2012) Scott W Graf et al.   ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

A worldwide analysis of beta-defensin copy number variation suggests recent selection of a high-expressing DEFB103 gene copy in East Asia

(2011) Robert J. Hardwick et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Scanning of the Sacroiliac Joint and Entheses by Color Doppler Ultrasonography in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

(2011) Y. HU et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Interaction between ERAP1 and HLA-B27 in ankylosing spondylitis implicates peptide handling in the mechanism for HLA-B27 in disease susceptibility

(2011) David M Evans et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genomic Copy Number Determines Functional Expression of β-Defensin 2 in Airway Epithelial Cells and Associates with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2010) Wim Janssens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Both copy number and sequence variations affect expression of human DEFB4

(2010) M Groth et al.   GENES AND IMMUNITY

Genome-wide association study of ankylosing spondylitis identifies non-MHC susceptibility loci

(2010) John D Reveille et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Association of Higher DEFB4 Genomic Copy Number With Crohn's Disease

(2009) Robert W Bentley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Rheumatic Diseases in China

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