Genetic interaction with smoking in arthritis

jerry submitted, created time 6 months 3 weeks (arthritis-research.com)

Analysis of data from a study of American nurses confirms the PTPN22 polymorphism is a strong risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, and that its presence interacts multiplicatively with heavy smoking.

Keywords: gene expression genes risk factors smoking rheumatoid arthritis arthritis PtPN22 genetic polymorphisms