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Epigenetic changes: the missing link.
Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology - 1 Aug 2014
Kyburz Diego, Karouzakis Emmanuel, Ospelt Caroline
Abstract excerpt
The association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a number of genetic risk loci is well established; however, only part of the risk to develop the disease is based on genetics. Environmental factors significantly contribute to the pathogenesis. A gene-environment interaction for smoking and certain major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II alleles has been shown to promote anti-citrullinated protein...
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