Congruent microbiome signatures in fibrosis-prone autoimmune diseases: IgG4-related disease and systemic sclerosis

Abstract Background Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) are rare autoimmune diseases characterized by the presence of CD4+ cytotoxic T cells in the blood as well as inflammation and fibrosis in various organs, but they have no established etiologies. Similar to o...

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Main Authors: Plichta, Damian R. (Author), Somani, Juhi (Author), Pichaud, Matthieu (Author), Wallace, Zachary S. (Author), Fernandes, Ana D. (Author), Perugino, Cory A. (Author), Lähdesmäki, Harri (Author), Stone, John H. (Author), Vlamakis, Hera (Author), Chung, Daniel C. (Author), Khanna, Dinesh (Author), Pillai, Shiv (Author), Xavier, Ramnik J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central, 2021-09-20T17:41:37Z.
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