Association between gene polymorphisms of TGF-β and Smad3 and susceptibility to arthritis: a meta-analysis.

Jianxin LiuQing ChenErpan AlkamXiaolan ZhengYifei LiLufei WangJie Fang

Published in: Expert review of clinical immunology (2020)

This research showed that genetic variants of the TGF-β pathway impact arthritis. The polymorphisms rs1800470, rs1800471 and rs12901499 were correlated with a higher prevalence of arthritis.

Keyphrases

transforming growth factor
rheumatoid arthritis
epithelial mesenchymal transition
risk factors
signaling pathway