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Deficiency of the NF-kappaB inhibitor caspase activating and recruitment domain 8 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is associated with disease severity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Oct 2007
Fontalba Ana, Martinez-Taboada Victor, Gutierrez Olga, Pipaon Carlos, Benito Natividad, Balsa Alejandro, Blanco Ricardo, Fernandez-Luna Jose L
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Caspase activating and recruitment domain 8 (CARD8) potently inhibits NF-kappaB signaling, which plays a key role in inflammation, and may contribute to avoid a pathologic activation of NF-kappaB; however, the transcriptional mechanisms regulating CARD8 expression and the relevance of this protei...
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