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Behçet's Disease-Do Microbiomes and Genetics Collaborate in Pathogenesis?
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Mehmood Nafeesa, Low Liying, Wallace Graham R
Abstract excerpt
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem autoinflammatory condition characterized by mucosal ulceration, breakdown of immune privilege sites and vasculitis. A genetic basis for BD has been described in genome-wide and validation studies. Similarly, dysbiosis of oral and gut microbiomes have been associated with BD. This review will describe links between genetic polymorphisms in genes encoding molecules involved in...
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