Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and the type I interferonopathies

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 429-440

  Crow, Yanick J ^a,b,c   Manel, Nicolas ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b University Sorbonne Paris Cite   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

AICARDI GOUTIERES SYNDROME; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84933279572     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3850     Document Type: Review

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