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Exon 6 variants carried on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) risk haplotypes modulate IRF5 function.
Autoimmunity - 1 Mar 2011
Wen Feng, Ellingson Sonja M, Kyogoku Chieko, Peterson Erik J, Gaffney Patrick M
Abstract excerpt
Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates innate immune responses to viral infection. IRF5 genetic variants have been shown to be strongly associated with risk for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Functional roles of IRF5 exon 6 structural variants that occur as part of a SLE risk-associated haplotype, including a 30-bp in/del (in/del-10) and a 48-bp splice-site variant (SV-16), have not been...
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