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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome-associated mutation at ADAR1 gene locus activates innate immune response in mouse brain.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 31 Jul 2021
Guo Xinfeng, Wiley Clayton A, Steinman Richard A, Sheng Yi, Ji Beihong, Wang Junmei, Zhang Liyong, Wang Tony, Zenatai Mazen, Billiar Timothy R, Wang Qingde
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BACKGROUND: Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a severe infant or juvenile-onset autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory encephalopathy with an elevated type 1 interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) expression signature in the brain. Mutations in seven different protein-coding genes, all linked to DNA/RNA metabolism or sensing, have been identified in AGS patients, but none of them has been demonstrated to...
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