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Sarcoidosis in celiac disease: A page written by genetic variants in IL-18 miRNAs target site?
Medical hypotheses - 1 May 2016
Mormile Raffaella
Abstract excerpt
Sarcoidosis is a chronic idiopathic granulomatous disease. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) has been strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis shows characteristic microRNAs (miRNAs) profiles. MiRNAs have recently emerged as a new class of modulators of gene expression. MiRNAs are involved in susceptibility to a number of autoimmune diseases promoting and inhibiting the gene expression of...
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