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Identification of novel markers in rheumatoid arthritis through integrated analysis of DNA methylation and microRNA expression.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Mar 2013
de la Rica Lorenzo, Urquiza José M, Gómez-Cabrero David, Islam Abul B M M K, López-Bigas Nuria, Tegnér Jesper, Toes René E M, Ballestar Esteban
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Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are complex disorders, whose etiopathology is attributed to a crosstalk between genetic predisposition and environmental factors. Both variants of autoimmune susceptibility genes and environment are involved in the generation of aberrant epigenetic profiles in a cell-specific manner, which ultimately result in dysregulation of expression. Furthermore, changes in miRNA expression...
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