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The potential role of interferon-regulatory factor 7 among Taiwanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 2011
Lin Li-Hsin, Ling Pin, Liu Ming-Fei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Type I interferons (IFN), especially IFN-α, have been proposed to underlie the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Members of the IFN regulatory factor (IRF) family, which regulate IFN expression, have been implicated as risk factors for SLE. Our aims were to investigate the expression of IRF7 and its correlation with disease activity and to explore the association in Taiwanese patients...
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