VEXAS syndrome, a new kid on the block of auto-inflammatory diseases: A hematologist's point of view.

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The recently discovered VEXAS syndrome is caused by the clonal expansion of hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells with acquired mutations in UBA1 gene, which encodes for a key enzyme of the ubiquitylation proteasome system. As a result, a shorter cytoplasmic isoform of UBA1 is transcribed, which is non-functional. The disease is characterized by non-specific and highly heterogeneous inflammatory manifestations...

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