Polymorphic estrogen receptor binding site causes Cd2-dependent sex bias in the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases

The Cia21 locus on chromosome 3 has been associated with rheumatoid arthritis severity in females. Here the authors show this locus houses a non-coding polymorphic estrogen receptor binding site and how it regulates neighbouring gene expression of CD2, implicating CD2 signalling in the sexual dimorp...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Fernandez Lahore, Michael Förster, Martina Johannesson, Pierre Sabatier, Erik Lönnblom, Mike Aoun, Yibo He, Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Roman A. Zubarev, Rikard Holmdahl
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e51fe7ce4257487fbcf6b9aedb078673
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