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    Nat Genet. 2009 Jul;41(7):829-32. doi: 10.1038/ng.373. Epub 2009 Jun 14.

    Mutations involved in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome implicate SAMHD1 as regulator of the innate immune response.

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    Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

    Abstract

    Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is a mendelian mimic of congenital infection and also shows overlap with systemic lupus erythematosus at both a clinical and biochemical level. The recent identification of mutations in TREX1 and genes encoding the RNASEH2 complex and studies of the function of TREX1 in DNA metabolism have defined a previously unknown mechanism for the initiation of autoimmunity by interferon-stimulatory nucleic acid. Here we describe mutations in SAMHD1 as the cause of AGS at the AGS5 locus and present data to show that SAMHD1 may act as a negative regulator of the cell-intrinsic antiviral response.

    PMID:
    19525956
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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