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Pyrin, product of the MEFV locus, interacts with the proapoptotic protein, Siva.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Sept 2008
Balci-Peynircioglu Banu, Waite Andrea L, Hu Chunbo, Richards Neil, Staubach-Grosse Ann, Yilmaz Engin, Gumucio Deborah L
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Mutations in pyrin cause the autoinflammatory disorder familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a syndrome characterized by sporadic and unpredictable attacks of fever and localized severe pain. Currently, it is not clear how attacks are triggered, nor why they spontaneously resolve after 2 or 3 days. In fact, the cellular function of the pyrin protein and the molecular underpinnings of its malfunction in FMF have so...
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