University of Alabama-Birmingham: Complement Genes Add to Sex-Based Vulnerability in Lupus and Schizophrenia
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 19 -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news:
Variants in a gene of the human immune system cause men and women to have different vulnerabilities to the autoimmune diseases lupus and Sjogren's syndrome, according to findings published in the journal Nature. This extends recent work that showed the gene variants could increase risk for schizophrenia.
The gene variants are a member of the complement system, a cascad . . .
Variants in a gene of the human immune system cause men and women to have different vulnerabilities to the autoimmune diseases lupus and Sjogren's syndrome, according to findings published in the journal Nature. This extends recent work that showed the gene variants could increase risk for schizophrenia.
The gene variants are a member of the complement system, a cascad . . .