LRI-Funded Study Points to Increased Risk for Lupus in Men

by admin on September 2nd, 2010

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First Direct Evidence that X-Linked TLR7 Gene Promotes Lupus in Humans

Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans—males in particular—with a variant form of the immune receptor gene “Toll Like Receptor 7 (TLR7)” are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). This breakthrough finding offers renewed hope for developing more targeted treatments.