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Evaluation of autophagy-related genes in Egyptian systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Aug 2020
Kamel Ayat M, Badary Mohamed S, Mohamed Wegdan A, Ahmed Ghada H, El-Feky Mohamed A
Abstract excerpt
Disturbances in autophagy are known to be implicated in autoimmune disorders. Many studies have connected polymorphisms in autophagy-related gene 5 (ATG-5) to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our aim was the determination of the expression level of ATG-5, Beclin-1 and microtubule-associated protein-light chain 3 (LC-3) in Egyptian SLE patients to investigate the impact of disturbances in autophagy genes on the...
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