Associations between fucosyltransferase 3 gene polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis: A case-control study of an east Chinese population.

Many susceptibility genes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) and FUT3 genes are related to IBD. This study aimed to investigate whether these genes correlated with the susceptibility to AS. Questionnaires of 673 patients w...

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Main Authors: Guangming Jiang, Renfang Han, Mengya Chen, Rui Liu, Meng Wu, Xu Zhang, Yubo Ma, Yaping Yuan, Ran Wang, Zongwen Shuai, Faming Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237219