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Experimental models in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF): Insights into pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Feb 2024
Mezher Nawal, Mroweh Ola, Karam Louna, Ibrahim José-Noel, Kobeissy Philippe Hussein
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a recurrent polyserositis characterized by self-limiting episodes or attacks of fever along with serosal inflammation. It mainly impacts people of the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern basin. FMF is a recessive autoinflammatory condition caused by mutation in the MEFV gene located on chromosome 16p13. MEFV mutations lead to the activation of the pyrin inflammasome resulting in...
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