Amyloid

The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders

Volume 22, 2015 - Issue 3

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Letter to the Editor

The rate and significance of type 1/type 2 serum amyloid A protein gene polymorphisms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and amyloidosis

Gozde Yildirim CetinDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Correspondence[email protected]

Eda GaniyusufogluDepartment of Biochemistry Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey,

Dilek SolmazDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmır, Turkey,

Yonca CagatayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Bılım University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Sibel Yılmaz OnerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Burak ErerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Hasan Sabit SaglikerDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey,

Ali Berkant AvciDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Antalya University, Antalya, Turkey,

Servet AkarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmır, Turkey,

Omer Nuri PamukDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Trakya University, Edırne, Turkey,

Metin KılıncDepartment of Biochemistry Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey,

Timucin KasifogluDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey, and

Haner DireskeneliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Ahmet GulDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Mehmet SayarliogluDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ondokuz Mayıs University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

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Abstract

A relationship between the presence of amyloidosis and SAA1 genotype has been shown in recent studies of (principally) familial Mediterranean fever patients. We found that the SAA1 rs12218 polymorphism was significantly more prevalent in ankylosing spondylitis patients with amyloidosis.

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