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Decreased MEFV gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 6 Feb 2015
Etem E O, Koca S S, Erol D, Yolbas S, Oz E, Elyas H, Isık A
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a major cause of adult chronic inflammatory arthritis and an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology in which the inflammatory pathology involves T cell activation. Genetic mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene, encoding pyrin, influence the severity of RA, but the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. In this study, we investigated whether the full-length...
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