Infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 can result in severe respiratory complications and death.
Patients with a compromised immune system are expected to be more susceptible to a …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease characterized by multi-system
involvement and autoantibody production. Abnormal T cell DNA methylation and type-I …

Takayasu arteritis is a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries. The etiology of Takayasu
arteritis remains poorly understood, but genetic contribution to the disease pathogenesis is …

Objective Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease with
incompletely understood etiology. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of …

Background The aetiology of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is not clear, but there is an emerging
evidence of gene-specific epigenetic dysregulation in the pathogenesis of SSc. Methods We …

Recent evidence suggests that neutrophils play an important role in the pathogenesis of
lupus. The goal of this study was to characterize the epigenetic architecture, by studying the …

Behçet's disease is an inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent oral and genital
ulcers and significant organ involvement. Localizing the genetic association between HLA …

The human microbiome consists of the total diversity of microbiota and their genes. High-
throughput sequencing has allowed for inexpensive and rapid evaluation of taxonomic …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multi-system disease characterized by wide-spread DNA
methylation changes. To identify epigenetic susceptibility loci for lupus nephritis, genome …

Behçet's disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent oro-genital ulcers, mucocutaneous
lesions, and serious organ involvement. We investigated the salivary microbiome in BD …