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A case of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome due to somatic mosaic mutation complicated with recurrent circinate erythematous psoriasis.
Modern rheumatology case reports - 8 Jul 2024
Ando Taiki, Abe Yoshiyuki, Yamaji Ken, Nishikomori Ryuta, Tamura Naoto
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Cryopyrin-associated periotic syndrome (CAPS) is a rare autoinflammatory disease caused by genetic variants in innate immunity genes. Autoinflammatory diseases, including CAPS, mediate proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-18 and result in severe systemic inflammation. A gain-of-function mutation in the NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) gene, which encodes the protein cryopyrin,...
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