Epigenetics alters genes in rheumatoid arthritis

A research team at the University of California, San Diego – led by Gary S. Firestein, professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at UC San Diego School of Medicine – investigated a mechanism usually implicated in cancer and in fetal development, called DNA methylation, in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

View the original article here: Epigenetics alters genes in rheumatoid arthritis – Medical Xpress

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