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Lack of Trex1 Causes Systemic Autoimmunity despite the Presence of Antiretroviral Drugs.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Oct 2017
Achleitner Martin, Kleefisch Martin, Hennig Alexander, Peschke Katrin, Polikarpova Anastasia, Oertel Reinhard, Gabriel Benjamin, Schulze Livia, Lindeman Dirk, Gerbaulet Alexander, Fiebig Uwe, Lee-Kirsch Min Ae, Roers Axel, Behrendt Rayk
Abstract excerpt
Biallelic mutations of three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) cause the lupus-like disease Aicardi-Goutières syndrome in which accumulation of a yet unknown endogenous DNA substrate of TREX1 triggers a cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-dependent type I IFN response and systemic autoimmunity. Products of reverse transcription originating from endogenous retroelements have been suggested to be a major substrate for TREX1,...
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