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Unusual cutaneous features associated with a heterozygous gain-of-function mutation in IFIH1: overlap between Aicardi-Goutières and Singleton-Merten syndromes.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Dec 2015
Bursztejn A-C, Briggs T A, del Toro Duany Y, Anderson B H, O'Sullivan J, Williams S G, Bodemer C, Fraitag S, Gebhard F, Leheup B, Lemelle I, Oojageer A, Raffo E, Schmitt E, Rice G I, Hur S, Crow Y J
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous lesions described as chilblain lupus occur in the context of familial chilblain lupus or Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. To date, seven genes related to Aicardi-Goutières syndrome have been described. The most recently described encodes the cytosolic double-stranded RNA receptor IFIH1 (also known as MDA5), a key component of the antiviral type I interferon-mediated innate immune response. Enhanced type I...
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