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ArticleClinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders2016

Apolipoprotein E Gene Polymorphisms in Saudi Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Hannan Al-Rayes, Ghaleb Huraib, Saeed Julkhuf, Misbahul Arfin, Mohammad Tariq, Abdulrahman Al-Asmari

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Article in Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hannan Al-RayesDepartment of Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ghaleb HuraibMedical Services Department, Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saeed JulkhufMedical Services Department, Ministry of Defence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Misbahul ArfinResearch Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad TariqResearch Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman Al-AsmariResearch Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a glycosylated protein with multiple biological properties. APOE gene polymorphism plays a central role in lipid metabolism and has recently been suggested to regulate inflammation. Our objective is to evaluate whether APOE polymorphism affects susceptibility to SLE. APOE genotyping was performed using ApoE StripAssay™ kit. Results indicated significantly higher frequencies of allele ε4 and genotype ε3/ε4 and lower frequencies of allele ε3 and genotype ε3/ε3 in SLE patients than controls. APOE ε2 allele was found in three patients, whereas it was absent in controls. The frequencies of allele ε4 and genotype ε3/ε4 were significantly higher in SLE patients with renal involvement and those of alleles ε2, ε4 and genotypes ε2/ε3, ε3/ε4 were higher in patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms. It is concluded that APOE allele ε4 is associated with susceptibility risk/clinical manifestations of SLE and ε2 may increase its severity while ε3 is protective for SLE in Saudis.

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apolipoprotein EpolymorphismSaudisystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMCPMC4877081
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