Article
Genes, epigenetic regulation and environmental factors: which is the most relevant in developing autoimmune diseases?
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Jun 2012
Costenbader Karen H, Gay Steffen, Alarcón-Riquelme Marta E, Iaccarino Luca, Doria Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease, have complex pathogeneses and likely multifactorial etiologies. The current paradigm for understanding their development is that the disease is triggered in genetically-susceptible individuals by exposure to environmental factors. Some of these environmental factors have been...
Topics
- Animals
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Herpesviridae
- Humans
- Metagenomics
- Pathology, Molecular
- Risk Factors
