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Genetics in Sjögren Syndrome.
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America - 1 Aug 2016
Reksten Tove Ragna, Lessard Christopher J, Sivils Kathy L
Abstract excerpt
The genes associated with Sjögren syndrome (SS) can be assigned to the NF-kB pathway, the IFN signaling pathway, lymphocyte signaling, and antigen presentation. The frequencies of risk variants show they are common with modest genetic effects. The strongest genetic association outside the human leukocyte antigen region is in IRF5, a gene relevant in the IFN signaling pathway and for B cell differentiation....
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