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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Sera from approximately 30% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) contain high titers of autoantibodies that bind to the 52-kDa Ro/SSA protein. We previously detected polymorphisms in the 52-kDa Ro/SSA gene (SSA1) with restriction enzymes, one of which is strongly associated with the presence of SLE (P < 0.0005) in African Americans. A higher disease frequency and more severe forms of the disease are commonly noted among these female patients. To determine the location and nature of this polymorphism, we obtained two clones that span 8.5 kb of the 52-kDa Ro/SSA locus including its upstream regulatory region. Six exons were identified, and their nucleotide sequences plus adjacent noncoding regions were determined. No differences were found between these exons and the coding region of one of the reported cDNAs. The disease-associated polymorphic site suggested by a restriction enzyme map and confirmed by DNA amplification and nucleotide sequencing was present upstream of exon 1. This polymorphism may be a genetic marker for a disease-related variation in the coding region for the protein or in the upstream regulatory region of this gene. Although this RFLP is present in Japanese, it is not associated with lupus in this race.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0888-7543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:geneSymbol
Ro/SSA, SSA1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
541-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7713506-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Antibodies, Antinuclear, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-RNA, Small Cytoplasmic, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7713506-Ribonucleoproteins
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The location of a disease-associated polymorphism and genomic structure of the human 52-kDa Ro/SSA locus (SSA1).
pubmed:affiliation
Arthritis and Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't