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How to Build a Fire: The Genetics of Autoinflammatory Diseases.
Annual review of genetics - 27 Nov 2023
Zhang Jiahui, Lee Pui Y, Aksentijevich Ivona, Zhou Qing
Abstract excerpt
Systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by excess activation of the innate immune system in an antigen-independent manner. Starting with the discovery of the causal gene for familial Mediterranean fever, more than 50 monogenic SAIDs have been described. These discoveries, paired with advances in immunology and genomics, have allowed our understanding of these...
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