Variation in the relative copy number of the <i>TLR7</i> gene in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy control subjects

Abstract

We determined that although the relative gene copy number of TLR7 varied in both SLE patients and healthy controls, it was not significantly increased among our SLE patients as compared with our controls. We found no detectable trend for an association between the relative gene copy number and the autoantibody profile in SLE patients.