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Sarcoidosis Blood Transcriptome Reflects Lung Inflammation and Overlaps with Tuberculosis
19 Aug 2011
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RATIONALE: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology, although M. tuberculosis may play a role in the pathogenesis. The traditional view holds that inflammation in sarcoidosis is compartmentalized to involved organs. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether whole blood gene expression signatures reflect inflammatory pathways in the lung in sarcoidosis and whether these signatures overlap with...
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