Vitiligo blood transcriptomics provides new insights into disease mechanisms and identifies potential novel therapeutic targets
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- 作者：Rama Dey-Rao ; Animesh A. Sinha
- 关键词：Vitiligo ; Microarray ; Interactome ; Autoimmune ; Type I and II Interferon ; Peripheral blood
- 刊名：BMC Genomics
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 全文大小：4499KB
- 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Microarrays; Proteomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2164
- 卷排序：18
文摘
BackgroundSignificant gaps remain regarding the pathomechanisms underlying the autoimmune response in vitiligo (VL), where the loss of self-tolerance leads to the targeted killing of melanocytes. Specifically, there is incomplete information regarding alterations in the systemic environment that are relevant to the disease state.