Association of MICA with rheumatoid arthritis independent of known HLA-DRB1 risk alleles in a family-based and a case control study.docVIP

Available online /content/11/3/R60 Research article Open Access Vol 11 No 3 Association of MICA with rheumatoid arthritis independent of known HLA-DRB1 risk alleles in a family-based and a case control study Holger Kirsten1,2,3, Elisabeth Petit-Teixeira4, Markus Scholz5, Dirk Hasenclever5, Helene Hantmann2, Dirk Heider6, Ulf Wagner7, Ulrich Sack2,8, Vitor Hugo Teixeira4,9, Bernard Prum10, Jana Burkhardt1, Céline Pierlot4, Frank Emmrich2,3,8, Fran?ois Cornelis4,11,12 and Peter Ahnert1,3,5 1Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), University of Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leip