Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a potent immunomodulator and proinflammatory cytokine
that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and infectious diseases. For …

To identify new genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis, we conducted a genome-wide
association study meta-analysis of 5,539 autoantibody-positive individuals with rheumatoid …

Chondrosarcoma is a malignant tumor that produces cartilage matrix, and lesions that arise
de novo are called primary. Primary chondrosarcoma is the third most common primary …

The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) identified nine single SNPs
putatively associated with rheumatoid arthritis at P = 1 × 10 −5 − 5 × 10 −7 in a genome-wide …

The Sport Fan Motivation Scale (SFMS) is an instrument designed to measure eight different
motives of sport fans (eustress, self-esteem, escape, entertainment, economic, aesthetic, …

The recent arrival in Northern and Western (NW) Europe of bluetongue virus (BTV), which
causes the ruminant disease ‘bluetongue’, has raised the profile of this vector-borne ruminant …

Patterns of ecotypic variation constitute some of the few ‘rules’ known to modern biology.
Here, we examine several well‐known ecogeographical rules, especially those pertaining to …

To discover new rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk loci, we systematically examined 370 SNPs
from 179 independent loci with P < 0.001 in a published meta-analysis of RA genome-wide …

Objective Genetic variation in the gene for interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) contributes to the pathogenesis
of inflammatory arthritis, but the role, if any, of epigenetic variability has not been reported. …

The use of ozone (O 3) gas as a therapy in alternative medicine has attracted skepticism due
to its unstable molecular structure. However, copious volumes of research have provided …