Re: Rheumatoid Arthritis Gene Marker

[Guest guest]

Well that may explain a few things. My mother, grandmother and two

of my brothers were and are diabetics. I am not diabetic, but do

have OA and RA. None of them do or did.

Joanne

> " Earlier this year, a study published in Nature Genetics linked

this same SNP

> with type 1 diabetes. Subsequent unpublished research by Dr.

Gregersen and

> his colleagues indicates that this particular gene variant may

also increase

> risk for other autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus and

autoimmune

> thyroid disease, as well as type 1 diabetes. "

>