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New Diseases Linked to MEFV Variants or Pyrinopathies.
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 1 Mar 2025
Mertz Philippe, Boursier Guilaine, Hentgen Véronique, Georgin-Lavialle Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Autoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are characterized by dysregulation of innate immunity, leading to systemic inflammation. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common AID, associated with variants in exon 10 of MEFV. This gene codes for pyrin, a key protein in the inflammasome of the same name, involved in the innate immune response. Since the discovery of FMF, many other pathogenic variants of MEFV have...
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