Association between the interleukin 23 receptor and ankylosing spondylitis is confirmed by a new UK case–control study and meta-analysis of published series
Tugce Karaderi, David Harvey, Claire Farrar, Louise H. Appleton, Millicent A. Stone,Roger D. Sturrock, Matthew A. Brown, Paul Wordsworth and Jennifer J. Pointon Correspondence to: Jennifer J. Pointon, Oxford University Institute of Musculoskeletal Science, Botnar Research Centre, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK. E-mail: jennyp@well.ox.ac.uk Received August 29, 2008. Revision received December 10, 2008. Abstract Objectives. It has been shown previously that IL-23R variants are associated [...]