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    The gut microbiome in systemic lupus erythematosus: lessons from rheumatic fever

    For more than a century, certain bacterial infections that can breach the skin and mucosal barriers have been implicated as common triggers of autoimmune syndromes, especially post-infection autoimmune disease...

    Gregg J. Silverman, Doua F. Azzouz, Nicolas Gisch in Nature Reviews Rheumatology (2024)

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    Mosaicism of XX and XXY cells accounts for high copy number of Toll like Receptor 7 and 8 genes in peripheral blood of men with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    The X chromosome, hemizygous in males, contains numerous genes important to immunological and hormonal function. Alterations in X-linked gene dosage are suspected to contribute to female predominance in autoim...

    Gabriel V. Martin, Sami B. Kanaan, Marie F. Hemon, Doua F. Azzouz in Scientific Reports (2019)