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Disease causing mutations in the TNF and TNFR superfamilies: Focus on molecular mechanisms driving disease.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Sept 2011
Lobito Adrian A, Gabriel Tanit L, Medema Jan Paul, Kimberley Fiona C
Abstract excerpt
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and TNF receptor (TNFR) superfamilies comprise multidomain proteins with diverse roles in cell activation, proliferation and cell death. These proteins play pivotal roles in the initiation, maintenance and termination of immune responses and have vital roles outside the immune system. The discovery and analysis of diseases associated with mutations in these families has revealed...
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