Ankylosing Spondylitis

Studies conducted at D. Harvey et al on ankylosing spondylitis recently published

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, May 3rd, 2009

In this recent report, researchers in Oxford, the United Kingdom conducted a study "To assess the possible association of killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes, specifically KIR3DL1, KIR3DS1 and KIR3DL2, with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). 14 KIR genes were genotyped in 200 UK patients with AS and 405 healthy controls using multiplex polymerase chain reaction."

"Sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes were used to subtype 368 cases with AS and 366 controls for 12 KIR3DL2 alleles. Differences in KIR genotypes and KIR3DL2 allele frequencies were assessed using the x 2 test. KIR3DL1 and KIR3DS1 gene frequencies were very similar in cases with AS and controls (odds...

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