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Different distribution of HLA class II and tumor necrosis factor alleles (TNF-308.2, TNFa2 microsatellite) in anti-topoisomerase I responders among scleroderma patients with and without exposure to quartz/metal dust

Karl‐Heinz Frank, Monika F�ssel, Karsten Conrad, Hans‐Peter Rihs, Rainer Koch, Berno Gebhardt, J�rgen Mehlhorn

Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1998 · 19 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

The mechanisms that lead to the development of anti-topo I in qSSc and iSSc patients are suggested to be distinct, although it is not clear that the two diseases themselves are different.

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Efficient presentation of soluble antigen by cultured human dendritic cells is maintained by granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor plus interleukin 4 and downregulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Federica Sallusto, Antonio Lanzavecchia · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1994 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Alfonse T. Masi · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1980 · 4.9K citations

Effects of a polymorphism in the human tumor necrosis factor α promoter on transcriptional activation

Anthony G. Wilson, Julian Symons, Tarra L. McDowell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Variation in the TNF-α promoter region associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria

William McGuire, Adrian V. S. Hill, Catherine E. M. Allsopp et al. · Nature · 1994 · 1.2K citations

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The −308 tumor necrosis factor-α promoter polymorphism effects transcription

Karen M. Kroeger, Kylie Carville, Lawrence J. Abraham · Molecular Immunology · 1997 · 861 citations

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