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Data-driven multiple-level analysis of gut-microbiome-immune-joint interactions in rheumatoid arthritis.
BMC genomics - 11 Feb 2019
Wang QuanQiu, Xu Rong
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BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease and affects about 1% of the population. The cause of RA remains largely unknown and could result from a complex interaction between genes and environment factors. Recent studies suggested that gut microbiota and their collective metabolic outputs exert profound effects on the host immune system and are implicated in RA. However, which and...
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