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Immune dysregulation as a cause of autoinflammation in fragile X premutation carriers: link between FMRI CGG repeat number and decreased cytokine responses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Careaga Milo, Rose Destanie, Tassone Flora, Berman Robert F, Hagerman Randi, Ashwood Paul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Increased rates of autoinflammatory and autoimmune disorders have been observed in female premutation carriers of CGG repeat expansion alleles of between 55-200 repeats in the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. To determine whether an abnormal immune profile was present at a cellular level that may predispose female carriers to autoinflammatory conditions, we investigated dynamic cytokine...
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