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Functional polymorphisms in cell death pathway genes FAS and FAS ligand and risk of alopecia areata.
Archives of dermatological research - 1 Dec 2013
Kalkan Göknur, Ateş Omer, Karakuş Nevin, Sezer Saime
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FAS and FAS ligand (FASLG) are important proapoptotic proteins that have a significant function in regulating cell growth and apoptosis and play essential roles in many human autoimmune diseases. Alopecia areata (AA) is hypothesized to be an organ-specific autoimmune disease mediated by T cells to the hair follicles. The concept of an autoimmune mechanism as the basis for AA led us to investigate a possible...
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