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Siglec genes confer resistance to systemic lupus erythematosus in humans and mice.
Cellular & molecular immunology - 1 Feb 2019
Flores Rhonda, Zhang Peng, Wu Wei, Wang Xu, Ye Peiying, Zheng Pan, Liu Yang
Abstract excerpt
A recent meta-analysis revealed the contribution of the SIGLEC6 locus to the risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, no specific Siglec (sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin) genes (Siglecs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of SLE. Here, we performed in silico analysis of the function of three major protective alleles in the locus and found that these alleles were...
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