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The effect of colchicine on pyrin and pyrin interacting proteins.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Nov 2012
Taskiran Ekim Z, Cetinkaya Arda, Balci-Peynircioglu Banu, Akkaya Yeliz Z, Yilmaz Engin
Abstract excerpt
MEFV which encodes pyrin, cause familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), the most common auto-inflammatory disease. Pyrin is believed to be a regulator of inflammation, though the nature of this regulatory activity remains to be identified. Prophylactic treatment with colchicine, a microtubule toxin, has had a remarkable effect on disease progression and outcome. It has been thought that, inhibition of microtubule...
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