Analysis of the MHC-encoded transporters TAP1 and TAP2 in rheumatoid arthritis: linkage with DR4 accounts for the association with a minor TAP2 allele

Tissue Antigens. 1993 Sep;42(3):153-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1993.tb02185.x.

Authors

B P Wordsworth¹, K D Pile, K Gibson, R O Burney, I Mockridge, S H Powis

Affiliation

¹ Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.

PMID: 8284790
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1993.tb02185.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters*
Alleles*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / genetics*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
Autoimmune Diseases / genetics*
Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
Carrier Proteins / genetics*
Gene Frequency
Genes, MHC Class II*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
HLA-DR4 Antigen / genetics*
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / genetics*
Humans
Linkage Disequilibrium
Major Histocompatibility Complex*
Polymorphism, Genetic

Substances

ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Carrier Proteins
HLA-DR4 Antigen
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
TAP1 protein, human
TAP2 protein, human