Article
Novel identification of the IRF7 region as an anticentromere autoantibody propensity locus in systemic sclerosis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Carmona F David, Gutala Ramana, Simeón Carmen P, Carreira Patricia, Ortego-Centeno Norberto, Vicente-Rabaneda Esther, García-Hernández Francisco J, García de la Peña Paloma, Fernández-Castro Mónica, Martínez-Estupiñán Lina, Egurbide María Victoria, Tsao Betty P, Gourh Pravitt, Agarwal Sandeep K, Assassi Shervin, Mayes Maureen D, Arnett Frank C, Tan Filemon K, Martín Javier
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are related chronic autoimmune diseases of complex aetiology in which the interferon (IFN) pathway plays a key role. Recent studies have reported an association between IRF7 and SLE which confers a risk to autoantibody production. A study was undertaken to investigate whether the IRF7 genomic region is also involved in susceptibility to...
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