Association of Fcγ receptor IIA, but not IIB and IIIA, polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus

a family-based association study in Caucasians

  • Kyogoku, Chieko PhD
  • Tsuchiya, Naoyuki MD, PhD
  • Wu, Hui MD
  • Tsao, Betty P. PhD
  • Tokunaga, Katsushi PhD

  • University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Kyogoku) (Tsuchiya)

    University of California at Los Angeles (Wu) (Tsao)

    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Tokunaga)

Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (C) “Medical Genome Science,” a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, NIH grant AR-43814, and the Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Kyogoku is a JSPS research fellow. The authors are indebted to Dr. Jun Ohashi (Cornell University, and the University of Tokyo) for valuable suggestions.

Arthritis & Rheumatism 50(2):p 671-673, February 2004.
Copyright © 2004, American College of Rheumatology