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SIRT1 promoter polymorphisms as clinical modifiers on systemic lupus erythematosus.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jul 2014
Consiglio Camila Rosat, Juliana da Silveira Schauren, Monticielo Odirlei André, Xavier Ricardo Machado, Brenol João Carlos Tavares, Chies José Artur Bogo
Abstract excerpt
Silent mating type Information Regulator 2 homolog 1 (SIRT1) is a deacetylase protein that participates in several physiological processes with importance in transcriptional silencing, apoptosis, immune system regulation and inflammation. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease in which upregulated expression of SIRT1 on CD4+ T lymphocytes of active patients has been reported....
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