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Mutations in the B30.2 domain of pyrin and the risk of ankylosing spondylitis in the Chinese Han population: a case-control study.
Immunology letters - 1 Nov 2014
He Chongru, Li Jia, Xu Weidong
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are a common autoimmune disease and a classic autoinflammatory disease, respectively. Mediterranean fever (MEFV) encodes the pyrin protein and is the causal disease gene in FMF. This protein is an important regulator of innate immunity and may play a key role in the development of AS. To identify the mutations in the B30.2 domain of pyrin and to...
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