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Systematic protein-protein interaction and pathway analyses in the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.
Arthritis research & therapy - 7 Jul 2016
Parkes Joanna E, Rothwell Simon, Day Philip J, McHugh Neil J, Betteridge Zoë E, Cooper Robert G, Ollier William E, Chinoy Hector, Lamb Janine A
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BACKGROUND: The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are autoimmune diseases characterised by acquired proximal muscle weakness, inflammatory cell infiltrates in muscle and myositis-specific/associated autoantibodies. It is unclear which pathways are involved in IIM, and the functional relationship between autoantibody targets has not been systematically explored. Protein-protein interaction and pathway...
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