[VEXAS syndrome].

Abstract excerpt

The VEXAS syndrome is a recently identified autoinflammatory systemic disease. The acronym VEXAS stands for Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X‑linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic. The disease is due to an acquired somatic mutation of the UBA1 gene, which encodes for the E‑1 enzyme, which in turn is responsible for the ubiquitination of proteins. Due to its location on the X chromosome, the disease predominantly affects men (in...

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