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Sjogren's syndrome: Everything you always wanted to know about genetic and epigenetic factors.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Dec 2024
Perricone Carlo, Bruno Lorenza, Cafaro Giacomo, Latini Andrea, Ceccarelli Fulvia, Borgiani Paola, Ciccacci Cinzia, Bogdanos Dimitrios, Novelli Giuseppe, Gerli Roberto, Bartoloni Elena
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a wide spectrum of glandular and extra-glandular features. Genetic and epigenetic factors play an important role in the disease susceptibility and phenotype. There are a multitude of genes that have been identified as implicated in the pathogenesis of pSS, both in HLA and extra-HLA regions with a strong contribution given...
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