Cutting The Brakes On The Immune System; Newly Discovered Gene Variant Implicated In Lupus

Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 23:21 in Biology & Nature

A new study has found that variation of a particular gene -- known as TNFAIP3 -- may cause the immune system to lose its ability to shut off, leading to the autoimmune disease lupus. The research appears in the August issue of the journal Nature Genetics.

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