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Lupus-associated endogenous retroviral LTR polymorphism and epigenetic imprinting promote HRES-1/RAB4 expression and mTOR activation.
JCI insight - 16 Jan 2020
Godavarthy Aparna, Kelly Ryan, Jimah John, Beckford Miguel, Caza Tiffany, Fernandez David, Huang Nick, Duarte Manuel, Lewis Joshua, Fadel Hind J, Poeschla Eric M, Banki Katalin, Perl Andras
Abstract excerpt
Overexpression and long terminal repeat (LTR) polymorphism of the HRES‑1/Rab4 human endogenous retrovirus locus have been associated with T cell activation and disease manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although genomic DNA methylation is diminished overall in SLE, its role in HRES-1/Rab4 expression is unknown. Therefore, we determined how lupus-associated polymorphic rs451401 alleles of the...
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