A Promoter Region Polymorphism in PDCD-1 Gene Is Associated with Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Han Chinese Population of Southeastern China
Figure 1
Analysis of PD-1 mRNA expression levels in RA patients with different genotypes of rs36084323. (a) Increased levels of PD-1 mRNA levels in PBMC of RA () patients, as compared with those from healthy controls (HC) () (). (b) The patients with GG genotype exhibited higher PD-1mRNA expression levels than those with AA genotype (). Horizontal bars indicate the mean ± SD, * = .