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Evaluation of ATG5 polymorphisms in Italian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: contribution to disease susceptibility and clinical phenotypes.
Lupus - 1 Aug 2018
Ciccacci C, Perricone C, Alessandri C, Latini A, Politi C, Delunardo F, Pierdominici M, Conti F, Novelli G, Ortona E, Borgiani P
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a common heterogeneous autoimmune disease that is caused by the involvement both of genetic and environmental factors. There is evidence that autophagy is involved in several aspects of SLE pathogenesis. In particular, polymorphisms in the ATG5 gene have been observed to be associated with disease susceptibility. Our aim was to verify if ATG5 polymorphisms are involved in the...
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