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Spontaneous retrotransposon insertion into TNF 3'UTR causes heart valve disease and chronic polyarthritis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Aug 2015
Lacey Derek, Hickey Peter, Arhatari Benedicta D, O'Reilly Lorraine A, Rohrbeck Leona, Kiriazis Helen, Du Xiao-Jun, Bouillet Philippe
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are chronic inflammatory diseases that together affect 2-3% of the population. RA and AS predominantly involve joints, but heart disease is also a common feature in RA and AS patients. Here we have studied a new spontaneous mutation that c...
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