The interaction between HLA shared epito
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Annemiek Willemze; Diane van der Woude; Wendimagegn Ghidey; E. W. Nivine Levarht
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Objective. Recent data suggest that a geneenvironment interaction between smoking and the HLA shared epitope alleles plays a role in shaping the autoimmune reaction to specific citrullinated antigens. This study was undertaken to determine the effects of HLA shared epitope alleles and tobacco exposu