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Tracking down the genetic causes of lupus to personalize treatment - EurekAlert
Treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus has long relied on steroids to knock down the immune system, but more targeted therapies are currently undergoing clinical trials. To make sure these therapies get to the patients who will benefit, work is needed to identify the specific mutations behind each patient's disease. UC Berkeley researchers now report several dozen mutations associated with oversensitive toll-like receptors — a major cause of autoimmune disease — and linked two mutations to patients.
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